republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sjr-116.md

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Bill	A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas in collaboration with community, state agency, professional associations, and other stakeholders.	Direct the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas in collaboration with community, state agency, professional associations, and other stakeholders; require a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2027; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SJR 116	Kentucky SJR 116 (2026RS)	joint resolution	Appropriations Education Higher Effective Dates Emergency Health And Medical Services Health Care Professionals Hospitals And Health Facilities Physicians Public Health Reports Mandated Universities And Colleges	enacted	B. Storm R. Stivers	3	25	4	2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d7461bc3-4b68-48cb-a0f3-403d28c09ce6	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sjr116.html	b577bfa4b38d096fbf3453bc0579e3ab8e5dbf033244551488796a8fd33fedf6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SJR 116 (2026RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas in collaboration with community, state agency, professional associations, and other stakeholders.

Direct the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas in collaboration with community, state agency, professional associations, and other stakeholders; require a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2027; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 186 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE OF SJR 116 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1, HCA 1 (T) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT SJR 116 — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt — 96–0 (pass) · upper
• Suspend the Rules — 78–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Storm — primary (person)
• R. Stivers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted 35-0 reading-3
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Postsecondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 adopted with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7461bc3-4b68-48cb-a0f3-403d28c09ce6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).