A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department for Libraries and Archives and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to cooperate in exploring ways to increase enrollment in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program.

Direct the Department for Libraries and Archives and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to cooperate in exploring ways to increase enrollment in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program; direct the department and the cabinet to submit a report on the progress of identifying ways of increasing enrollment in the program to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026.

Introduced: January 22, 2026

Last action: April 15, 2026

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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This resolution asks two state agencies, the Department for Libraries and Archives and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to work together to find ways to get more children signed up for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program, which mails free books to young children. The agencies would then report their findings to the Governor and the state legislature by November 1, 2026. Who it may affect: families with young children, particularly those who may not yet be enrolled in the program.

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