---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity."
description: "Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SJR 26"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 26 (2025RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Fiscal Note", "Health and Medical Services", "Medicaid", "Pharmacists", "Public Assistance", "Public Medical Assistance", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5bafb3-6a57-40fe-a7c1-7b03d2ac6f6b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sjr26.html"
source_hash: "8822ad00122cdb0406dcbc037b0e1e1188c899c46298240c1cc7c87510a2c88f"
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-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SJR 26 (2025RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity.

Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sjr26/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 23** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0023.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sjr26/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SJR 26 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **93–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 14, 2025
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 34-0 `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 23) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5bafb3-6a57-40fe-a7c1-7b03d2ac6f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).