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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Resolution

SR 132: A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Joel Barrow and the Choctaw Academy as the first Indigenous American to become a college-educated medical doctor in the country and the first federal Native American boarding school that empowered him.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SR 132 is a resolution introduced in the Kentucky Senate on March 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Joel Barrow and the Choctaw Academy as the first Indigenous American to become a college-educated medical doctor in the country and the first federal Native American boarding school that empowered him. Most recent recorded action (March 27, 2026): adopted by voice vote.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Honor Dr. Joel Barrow as the first Indigenous American to become a college-educated medical doctor in the country and the Choctaw Academy as the first federal Native American boarding school and the school that empowered him to do so.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. adopted by voice vote
  2. to Senate Floor
  3. to Committee on Committees (S)
  4. introduced in Senate

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source