---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to weights and measures. Amend KRS 363.904 to allow the Governor or the Governor's designee to issue a temporary waiver of ASTM specifications for motor fuel during an emergency that disrupts the motor fuel supply."
description: "AN ACT relating to weights and measures. Amend KRS 363.904 to allow the Governor or the Governor's designee to issue a temporary waiver of ASTM specifications for motor fuel during an emergency that disrupts the motor fuel supply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Kentucky HB 241 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. DuPlessis", "J. Gooch Jr.", "R. Heath", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45a075d-005d-4e2a-9a32-f894328600b5"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB241.htm"
source_hash: "2a890aeeb2f217b03725b5f8293a0a2140c9e6a0e92e35540b1fe79508c5cca1"
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 241 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to weights and measures. Amend KRS 363.904 to allow the Governor or the Governor's designee to issue a temporary waiver of ASTM specifications for motor fuel during an emergency that disrupts the motor fuel supply.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 241 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB241/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB241/HCA1.pdf)
3. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB241/HCS1.pdf)
4. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB241/HFA1.pdf)
5. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB241/bill.pdf)
6. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB241/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Reassigned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- **2018-01-30** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-09** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2018
- **2018-02-09** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-12** 3rd reading, passed 82-10 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), and floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-13** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-15** To Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-07** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-09** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-09** Passed 76-8
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-12** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 25) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a45a075d-005d-4e2a-9a32-f894328600b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).