---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Agriculture."
description: "Amend KRS 247.220 to allow a designee to represent the Commissioner of Agriculture on the Fair Council; replace the Kentucky Colt Racing Association with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on the Fair Council; allow a designee to represent the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment on the Fair Council; add an additional representative to the Fair Council experienced in showing livestock or animal agriculture; amend KRS 247.800 to remove the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet from the agritourism program; amend KRS 247.802 to revise the required duties of the agritourism program; amend KRS 247.804 to remove 11 seats from the Agritourism Advisory Council; amend KRS 247.806 to conform; amend KRS 247.808 to state that members of the Agritourism Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and that seven members shall constitute a quorum; amend KRS 247.810 to remove references to the Secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; amend KRS 257.230 to require the state veterinarian to enforce administrative regulations of the board pertaining to livestock, poultry, and fish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 271"
citation: "Kentucky HB 271 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Agriculture", "Boards and Commissions", "Fairs", "Tourism", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Calloway", "R. Heath"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1f2329a-710d-404e-9575-d7f4f2ecdef7"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb271.html"
source_hash: "5c6ba20187e885e0fececd89e5009ddd30abff7eb76352cf6f16b4e2ecb3f7f3"
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 271 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Agriculture.

Amend KRS 247.220 to allow a designee to represent the Commissioner of Agriculture on the Fair Council; replace the Kentucky Colt Racing Association with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on the Fair Council; allow a designee to represent the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment on the Fair Council; add an additional representative to the Fair Council experienced in showing livestock or animal agriculture; amend KRS 247.800 to remove the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet from the agritourism program; amend KRS 247.802 to revise the required duties of the agritourism program; amend KRS 247.804 to remove 11 seats from the Agritourism Advisory Council; amend KRS 247.806 to conform; amend KRS 247.808 to state that members of the Agritourism Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and that seven members shall constitute a quorum; amend KRS 247.810 to remove references to the Secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; amend KRS 257.230 to require the state veterinarian to enforce administrative regulations of the board pertaining to livestock, poultry, and fish.

## 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/22RS/hb271/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0215.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb271/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 271 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 271 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Calloway — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 24, 2022
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 73-20 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-8 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 215) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1f2329a-710d-404e-9575-d7f4f2ecdef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).