SCR 61 Kentucky Senate · 2025 Regular Session

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians.

Summary
State the General Assembly's support for the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action Feb 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered from a bill number (BR 1577) to a concurrent resolution (SCR 61/GA) and updated with new page headers. Substantive policy changes include adding a new provision about environmental toxins in the task force duties, modifying task force membership to include minority floor leaders instead of health department officials, and changing the referral committee from Health Services to Families and Children.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include environmental toxin exposure as a task force duty, and the referral committee changed from Health Services to Families and Children, potentially altering which officials receive the final recommendations.
REQUIREMENT

Added environmental toxin exposure to the task force's review duties, expanding the scope beyond just nutrition and immunity.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed task force membership to include minority floor leaders from both chambers instead of health department officials, altering who leads the study.

TIMELINE

Changed the referral committee from the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services to the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children, potentially affecting which officials receive recommendations.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill numbering from BR 1577 to SCR 61/GA and revised page headers with new dates.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

410
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 43
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican37
35 Yea 2
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (41-0-2)
senate
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
to Families & Children (S)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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