---
type: "Bill"
title: "Direct state agencies to conduct self-studies to examine practices that contribute to food waste and identify new practices that would reduce food waste and increase food donations to charitable feeding agencies; direct each agency to submit a written report of its findings to the IJC on Agriculture; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to develop food waste reduction guidelines to be used by all state agencies and to present those guidelines to the IJC on Agriculture."
description: "Direct state agencies to conduct self-studies to examine practices that contribute to food waste and identify new practices that would reduce food waste and increase food donations to charitable feeding agencies; direct each agency to submit a written report of its findings to the IJC on Agriculture; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to develop food waste reduction guidelines to be used by all state agencies and to present those guidelines to the IJC on Agriculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SJR 218"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 218 (2018RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Girdler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b2d9e30-8c69-4159-9e70-9e3b82970fd9"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SJR218.htm"
source_hash: "0c3290dfa57adcac593ce46cc0f7e30b3abff6c52ca0596026b926085b6f13b9"
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 SJR 218 (2018RS) — Direct state agencies to conduct self-studies to examine practices that contribute to food waste and identify new practices that would reduce food waste and increase food donations to charitable feeding agencies; direct each agency to submit a written report of its findings to the IJC on Agriculture; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to develop food waste reduction guidelines to be used by all state agencies and to present those guidelines to the IJC on Agriculture.

## 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/SJ218/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** To Agriculture (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 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-19** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 32) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b2d9e30-8c69-4159-9e70-9e3b82970fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).