---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pest and weed control."
description: "Amend KRS 217B.110 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to establish dates for pesticide licensing and registration renewals; amend KRS 249.420 and 249.430 to remove references to a Johnson grass eradication program; amend KRS 249.990 to conform; repeal KRS 249.180; 249.183; 249.187; 249.190; 249.195; and 249.991."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Kentucky HB 306 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Hazardous Materials", "Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "Licensing", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Pollock", "R. Heath"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961ad4b3-da7c-48a6-9a91-ec7eba998bfd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb306.html"
source_hash: "78c897aec812457a5311c91df1549bf67893cbd450c2376a70b183056db2b324"
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 306 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to pest and weed control.

Amend KRS 217B.110 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to establish dates for pesticide licensing and registration renewals; amend KRS 249.420 and 249.430 to remove references to a Johnson grass eradication program; amend KRS 249.990 to conform; repeal KRS 249.180; 249.183; 249.187; 249.190; 249.195; and 249.991.

## 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/hb306/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0131.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb306/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 306 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 25, 2022
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+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
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 131) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/961ad4b3-da7c-48a6-9a91-ec7eba998bfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).