Bill
SR 266
Ceremonial Kentucky Senate memorial that adjourns in loving memory of Rebecca Hogston and forwards the resolution to her family; a non-binding expression of sympathy.
Status: Adopted (by voice vote).
Introduced: March 12, 2025.
Classification: Senate resolution (memorial/ceremonial).
Primary Sponsors listed: Senator Donzella James; Senator Mattie Hunter.
Note on document versions: The legislative file for SR 266 contains multiple different resolution texts (see “Version content”): (A) a resolution encouraging development of minority‑owned plasma collection centers (sponsored by “Senator James of the 28th”), (B) a Kentucky Senate adjournment-in-memory memorial for Rebecca Hogston (current/final text), and (C) a congratulatory resolution for Lucretia Rutherford (Illinois). The official procedural history and “Current/Final” text indicate the adopted resolution is the memorial for Rebecca Hogston. Below are summaries of the principal texts appearing in the file and the procedural status.
Purpose and intent
- To express the Kentucky Senate’s sympathy on the death of Rebecca Hogston and to adjourn in her honor and memory.
Key provisions
- Section 1: Senate expresses profound sympathy and extends condolences to Hogston’s family, friends, and community.
- Section 2: Senate will adjourn that day in honor and loving memory of Rebecca Hogston.
- Section 3: Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Phillip Wheeler for delivery to the family.
Who is affected
- Primarily symbolic: Rebecca Hogston’s surviving family and community in Feds Creek/Fishtrap, Kentucky; members of her congregation (Lick Creek Holiness Church).
Contextual details from the resolution
- Birth: February 28, 1938 (Fishtrap, KY); Death: November 6, 2024 (age 86).
- Survived by children, grandchildren, great‑grandchildren and one great‑great‑grandchild; preceded in death by parents, two husbands, and several siblings.
- Describes Hogston as a devoted homemaker and devout church member; notes her generosity and community impact.
Impact and nature
- Ceremonial and non‑binding. No legal or regulatory changes; serves as formal expression of sympathy and a legislative adjournment in her honor.
Purpose and intent
- To encourage the U.S. plasma collection industry to open markets and allow equal opportunities for minorities to own and operate plasma collection centers, and to commend community activists (including Furquan R. Stafford) who have advocated for that goal.
Key provisions (non‑binding)
- Legislative “findings” cite national plasma donation statistics and market size (e.g., global market ≈ $30 billion in 2022; 493 million donations 2007–2021; 33 million liters used worldwide annually).
- Asserts that “over 86 percent of plasma donations in the United States originate from African American donors” and that no U.S. plasma collection centers are African American‑owned (claims made within the resolution text).
- Encourages the industry to execute plasma collection agreements with minority owners.
- Commends Furquan R. Stafford and other community activists for efforts to expand minority ownership.
Impact and nature
- Advisory/expressive only (resolutions do not create binding law). Aimed at advocacy and drawing attention to diversity in plasma industry ownership.
The operative, adopted SR 266 is a ceremonial Kentucky Senate resolution adjourning in honor and memory of Rebecca Hogston and directing transmission of the resolution to her family. The legislative file also contains one or more alternate resolution texts (encouraging minority ownership of plasma collection centers and a separate congratulatory resolution) that appear to be different drafts or unrelated items associated with the same SR number; those alternate texts are advisory in nature and, if adopted separately, would carry only non‑binding encouragements and commendations.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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