KY SR4

Kentucky Senate resolution adjourning in honor and memory of Minnesota State House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who was born May 27, 1970, in Fridley, Minnesota

Hortman served in the Minnesota House of Representatives beginning in 2004, rose to Minority Leader, then became Speaker of the House in 2019, serving as the longest-serving female speaker in Minnesota history

Known for advocacy on environmental and abortion rights, police reform, gun control, transportation, K-12 education funding, higher education, and energy policy; chief author of Minnesota's 2013 solar energy standard legislation

Hortman, her husband Mark, and their dog were fatally shot on June 14, 2025, in their Brooklyn Park home

Resolution expresses profound sympathy and directs the Senate to adjourn in her honor and loving memory