---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Kentucky SB 56 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Mandate", "Courts", "District", "Crimes and Punishments", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Public Health", "Sales", "Tobacco", "Children and Minors", "Commerce", "Vaping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef74d7c5-7076-482e-bddd-b9d5d217b752"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb56.html"
source_hash: "3bc61258ff4e1c17982c938bae68829769909b07607a1dcb04d40ce3e5c4d335"
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 SB 56 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products and declaring an emergency.

## 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/sb56/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb56/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 56 W/ scs 1, sfa 1, sfta 2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 23, 2020
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 64-20 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 35) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef74d7c5-7076-482e-bddd-b9d5d217b752`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).