---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to distilled spirits. Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"vintage distilled spirits\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to regulate the selling and reselling of vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distillers to sell at fairs, festivals, and similar events; amend KRS 243.480 to change penalties applying to retail sales and to other violations; amend KRS 244.370 to apply Kentucky whiskey requirements to whiskey produced from grains that are cooked, fermented, and distilled in Kentucky; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018."
description: "AN ACT relating to distilled spirits. Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"vintage distilled spirits\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to regulate the selling and reselling of vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distillers to sell at fairs, festivals, and similar events; amend KRS 243.480 to change penalties applying to retail sales and to other violations; amend KRS 244.370 to apply Kentucky whiskey requirements to whiskey produced from grains that are cooked, fermented, and distilled in Kentucky; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 100"
citation: "Kentucky HB 100 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b781cc-5eea-43ef-b665-4b4b04d10639"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB100.htm"
source_hash: "fb172fde7f6d6ebceba3f397a71bb4eafe1103eaa44df5756f65262bccaf8bb5"
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 HB 100 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to distilled spirits. Amend KRS 241.010 to define "vintage distilled spirits"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to regulate the selling and reselling of vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distillers to sell at fairs, festivals, and similar events; amend KRS 243.480 to change penalties applying to retail sales and to other violations; amend KRS 244.370 to apply Kentucky whiskey requirements to whiskey produced from grains that are cooked, fermented, and distilled in Kentucky; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 100 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB100/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB100/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB100/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-16** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 57-25 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 30-6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 59) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b781cc-5eea-43ef-b665-4b4b04d10639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).