---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to entertainment destination center licenses. Amend KRS 243.030 to create a new entertainment destination center license for counties not containing a consolidated local government or an urban-county government."
description: "AN ACT relating to entertainment destination center licenses. Amend KRS 243.030 to create a new entertainment destination center license for counties not containing a consolidated local government or an urban-county government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Kentucky SB 98 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Thayer", "S. West", "W. Schroder"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de45217-822c-4069-996e-adbf7a223a2f"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB98.htm"
source_hash: "043a020cef01661f66110b6363a2a9bd88aa55c4fa3b4cba3da334453fe86033"
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 SB 98 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to entertainment destination center licenses. Amend KRS 243.030 to create a new entertainment destination center license for counties not containing a consolidated local government or an urban-county government.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB98/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 98 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB98/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB98/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
- W. Schroder — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 8, 2018
- **2018-02-08** 3rd reading, passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received in House
- **2018-02-13** To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** 3rd reading, passed 82-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-12** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-12** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de45217-822c-4069-996e-adbf7a223a2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).