---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the sale of grocery items by food service establishments and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to the sale of grocery items by food service establishments and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 190"
citation: "Kentucky HB 190 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Foods", "Licensing", "Public Health", "Sales", "Small Business"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott", "D. Fister", "J. Blanton", "J. Blanton", "R. Palumbo", "R. Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d71f157-1b80-4d78-867a-f58ec29159ab"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb190.html"
source_hash: "c2d0274fe85e2cf6e7e1124e1479228d335f208a6d846f532232286ce70de775"
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 190 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the sale of grocery items by food service establishments 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/21RS/hb190/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 42** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0042.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb190/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 190 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor Acts Ch. 42) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d71f157-1b80-4d78-867a-f58ec29159ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).