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type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a Food is Medicine state and directing state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives."
description: "Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SJR 23"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 23 (2026RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "L. Tichenor", "S. Funke Frommeyer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb37f74d-f2a7-47aa-a29c-ce4f23a33819"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sjr23.html"
source_hash: "b44ee7fa75f59f3f2aeda633ecf702fc8a4e11e6961dcda135c2fc2246a36b08"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sjr23/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0124.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sjr23/bill.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb37f74d-f2a7-47aa-a29c-ce4f23a33819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).