---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to cultured animal tissue."
description: "AN ACT relating to cultured animal tissue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Kentucky HB 311 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foods", "Agriculture", "Animals", "Livestock", "and Poultry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "D. Hale", "D. Osborne", "J. Graviss", "J. Tipton", "K. King", "L. Elkins", "M. Dossett", "M. Koch", "M. Meredith", "R. Heath", "S. Miles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d19e00d-101a-40df-8fa4-1e04a2927b63"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb311.html"
source_hash: "6154cc757501292e80b9a1691e94605f98fecd268f49b9d43037135d1c4b4447"
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 311 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to cultured animal tissue.

## 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/hb311/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Graviss — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- L. Elkins — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Koch — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-1 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+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** taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `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. 042) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d19e00d-101a-40df-8fa4-1e04a2927b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).