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This resolution honors the life and accomplishments of former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins, recognizing her significant contributions to the Commonwealth. It highlights her journey from her birth in Shelby County and education at the University of Kentucky, where she was also Kentucky Derby Queen, to her early career as a teacher and her entry into politics. The resolution details her instrumental role in Wendell Ford's gubernatorial campaign, her service as Clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the new Supreme Court, and her tenure as Lieutenant Governor. Notably, it emphasizes her historic achievement as the first woman elected Governor of Kentucky in 1983, her commitment to education reform and economic development, and her pivotal role in securing the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, which became Toyota's largest vehicle plant globally. The resolution also acknowledges her creation of the Governor's School for the Arts, her continued dedication to education through roles at various institutions after her governorship, and her passing in November 2025, concluding with a directive for a copy of the resolution to be sent to her husband.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sr34.html