---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to alcohol in dry or moist territories and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to alcohol in dry or moist territories and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 256"
citation: "Kentucky HB 256 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distilled Spirits", "Malt Beverages", "Wines and Wineries", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Effective Dates", "Emergency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Meredith", "R. Meyer", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bff180-240e-4044-8917-b4e40e1ae295"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb256.html"
source_hash: "03c57496c2a3edb0a8ebbf4bbe65468f937ae0381781daa818626f39f7427235"
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 256 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to alcohol in dry or moist territories and declaring an emergency.

## 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/hb256/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Meyer — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to 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 Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 77-18 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 26-12 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts Ch. 201) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49bff180-240e-4044-8917-b4e40e1ae295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).