---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to agriculture. Amend KRS 256.080 and 256.090 to make gender-neutral changes."
description: "AN ACT relating to agriculture. Amend KRS 256.080 and 256.090 to make gender-neutral changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Kentucky SB 218 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/459c0891-cb62-4098-be3e-747c2525d59a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB218.htm"
source_hash: "8c8df05a38a438ec90f77981ad4c073a8236bee91a1b49f696aacd37d8b5882e"
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 218 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to agriculture. Amend KRS 256.080 and 256.090 to make gender-neutral changes.

## 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/17RS/SB218/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 218 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB218/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB218/SCA1.pdf)
4. **SCA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB218/SCA2.pdf)
5. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB218/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** To Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Taken from Agriculture (S)
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** Returned to Agriculture (S)
- **2017-02-23** Taken from Agriculture (S)
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Returned to Agriculture (S)
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendments (1) (2-title) Committee Substitute
- **2017-02-28** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2017
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with committee amendments (1) (2-title) and Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in House
- **2017-03-01** To Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-03** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading, passed 88-3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-08** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 45) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/459c0891-cb62-4098-be3e-747c2525d59a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).