republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sjr-23.md

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Bill	A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a Food is Medicine state and directing state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.	Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SJR 23	Kentucky SJR 23 (2026RS)	joint resolution	Agriculture Commendations And Recognitions Diseases Drugs And Medicines Foods And Beverages Health And Medical Services Health Care Professionals Hospitals And Health Facilities Nurses Pharmacists Physicians Public Health State Agencies	enacted	D. Douglas L. Tichenor S. Funke Frommeyer	3	23	4	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/eb37f74d-f2a7-47aa-a29c-ce4f23a33819	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sjr23.html	b44ee7fa75f59f3f2aeda633ecf702fc8a4e11e6961dcda135c2fc2246a36b08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SJR 23 (2026RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a Food is Medicine state and directing state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.

Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 124 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Suspend the Rules — 75–5 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SJR 23 w/ HFA 1 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt — 93–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT SJR 23 w/ SCS 1 — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• L. Tichenor — primary (person)
• S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 28, 2026
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted with Committee Substitute (1) reading-3
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted 93-0 with Floor Amendment (1) reading-3
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (1)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 36-0 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 124) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb37f74d-f2a7-47aa-a29c-ce4f23a33819. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).