---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the transportation of agricultural commodities and supplies. Amend KRS 281.730 to define \"agricultural commodity,\" \"farm supply for agricultural purposes,\" and \"planting and harvesting season\"; exempt drivers of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies for agricultural purposes within a 150 air-mile radius from a farm or distribution point during the planting and harvesting season from any provisions of 49 C.F.R. pt. 395, relating to hours of service of drivers, adopted by Transportation Cabinet."
description: "AN ACT relating to the transportation of agricultural commodities and supplies. Amend KRS 281.730 to define \"agricultural commodity,\" \"farm supply for agricultural purposes,\" and \"planting and harvesting season\"; exempt drivers of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies for agricultural purposes within a 150 air-mile radius from a farm or distribution point during the planting and harvesting season from any provisions of 49 C.F.R. pt. 395, relating to hours of service of drivers, adopted by Transportation Cabinet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 133"
citation: "Kentucky HB 133 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "D. Bentley", "DJ Johnson", "J. Blanton", "J. Petrie", "J. Shell", "J. Sims Jr", "J. Tipton", "M. Castlen", "M. Dossett", "M. Hart", "M. Meredith", "P. Pratt", "R. Heath", "R. Rothenburger", "S. Riley", "S. Rudy", "T. Turner", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ade623c5-589e-4d42-ba85-f2bec5b0396f"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB133.htm"
source_hash: "1d4427d40264722324c69f8cae490d3f8932955d21f0c6bb87b4ad89b32e1bcf"
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 133 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the transportation of agricultural commodities and supplies. Amend KRS 281.730 to define "agricultural commodity," "farm supply for agricultural purposes," and "planting and harvesting season"; exempt drivers of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies for agricultural purposes within a 150 air-mile radius from a farm or distribution point during the planting and harvesting season from any provisions of 49 C.F.R. pt. 395, relating to hours of service of drivers, adopted by Transportation Cabinet.

## 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/HB133/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- J. Shell — primary (person)
- J. Sims Jr — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Rothenburger — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- T. Turner — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** To Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-10** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-16** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 17, 2018
- **2018-01-17** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-01-19** 3rd reading, passed 86-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-01-23** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- **2018-03-20** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-21** Received in House
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 102) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ade623c5-589e-4d42-ba85-f2bec5b0396f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).