---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to direct sellers."
description: "AN ACT relating to direct sellers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Kentucky HB 186 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personnel and Employment", "Small Business", "Unemployment Compensation", "Wages and Hours", "Workers' Compensation", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/605427c3-31b0-4ddd-bb5b-878ca416e0d4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb186.html"
source_hash: "30a05e4fe46b94c4d9e1ce3b030c57c3d32def16f374de4338a240d008d673d6"
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 186 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to direct sellers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb186/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb186/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 186 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 59-33 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 30, 2020
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 25-7 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/605427c3-31b0-4ddd-bb5b-878ca416e0d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).