---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the sale of consumer goods during a state of emergency. Amend KRS 367.372 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.374 to revise the time of an initial order to 15 days, provide for early termination, and clarify when prices are not in violation of the statute; amend KRS 367.374 to limit the total civil penalty allowed to $25,000 for any 24 hour period and limit additional penalties."
description: "AN ACT relating to the sale of consumer goods during a state of emergency. Amend KRS 367.372 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.374 to revise the time of an initial order to 15 days, provide for early termination, and clarify when prices are not in violation of the statute; amend KRS 367.374 to limit the total civil penalty allowed to $25,000 for any 24 hour period and limit additional penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Kentucky SB 160 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams", "R. Girdler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e4794fd-d750-47e1-be54-ca51c0ec0ce0"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB160.htm"
source_hash: "c233e346a85bd62f7310708ec483de6d8b70938a90827e01788d1d733f6cf27c"
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 160 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the sale of consumer goods during a state of emergency. Amend KRS 367.372 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.374 to revise the time of an initial order to 15 days, provide for early termination, and clarify when prices are not in violation of the statute; amend KRS 367.374 to limit the total civil penalty allowed to $25,000 for any 24 hour period and limit additional penalties.

## 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/SB160/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Adams — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `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 37-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-16** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-20** 3rd reading, passed 58-36 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-21** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 93) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e4794fd-d750-47e1-be54-ca51c0ec0ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).