---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to industrial hemp."
description: "AN ACT relating to industrial hemp."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Kentucky HB 197 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "C. Freeland", "D. Elliott", "D. Hale", "J. Graviss", "J. Petrie", "L. Elkins", "L. Yates", "M. Hart", "M. Koch", "M. Meredith", "N. Tate", "R. Bridges", "R. Heath"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e52c41-a73a-48ee-89c2-ab03058de6b5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb197.html"
source_hash: "6c1a586bc4326aef47870a581e990305b417767b3971e3eb40cc9f78c266b07b"
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 197 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to industrial hemp.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb197/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Graviss — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- L. Elkins — primary (person)
- L. Yates — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Koch — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 039) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45e52c41-a73a-48ee-89c2-ab03058de6b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).