---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicare payment formula, Alabama Congressional Delegation, urged to enact new equitable formula"
description: "Medicare payment formula, Alabama Congressional Delegation, urged to enact new equitable formula"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HJR 26"
citation: "Alabama HJR 26 (2018rs)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Legislative"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shedd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f09da196-1a88-421e-b25a-e4aa59b659f8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HJR26"
source_hash: "12fab1dd3f4b85b81d1d2cde3c147e45baf3a9f38bb744b9eb2d0d94658687e9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HJR 26 (2018rs) — Medicare payment formula, Alabama Congressional Delegation, urged to enact new equitable formula

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HJR26-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HJR26-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Shedd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in Senate and referred to the Senate committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Voice Vote `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-341. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 12:25 p.m. on March 15, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f09da196-1a88-421e-b25a-e4aa59b659f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).