---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages."
description: "Repeal and reenact KRS 242.1292, relating to alcoholic beverage limited sale precincts in cities with a population of 20,000 or more, to maintain existing licenses and their accompanying city regulatory license fees; amend KRS 243.033 to allow caterers to transport, sell, serve, and deliver alcoholic beverages in moist precincts if at least 10% of the catering gross receipts are for food purchases; supersede any conflicting catering or precinct statutes; authorize a caterer to cater alcoholic beverages at an event it hosted or co-hosted; amend KRS 83A.022, 242.1238, and 243.0341 to conform; repeal KRS 242.1294, 242.1296, and 242.1298."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 536"
citation: "Kentucky HB 536 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Cities", "Distilled Spirits", "Elections and Voting", "Licensing", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Malt Beverages", "Wines and Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Meredith", "S. Sharp"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40eef8b9-798c-4205-8bd5-2ce643210e74"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb536.html"
source_hash: "61ac442993c31952b05208ee21f55be341c8961505b4ea17b3d4e03a0798764d"
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 536 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Repeal and reenact KRS 242.1292, relating to alcoholic beverage limited sale precincts in cities with a population of 20,000 or more, to maintain existing licenses and their accompanying city regulatory license fees; amend KRS 243.033 to allow caterers to transport, sell, serve, and deliver alcoholic beverages in moist precincts if at least 10% of the catering gross receipts are for food purchases; supersede any conflicting catering or precinct statutes; authorize a caterer to cater alcoholic beverages at an event it hosted or co-hosted; amend KRS 83A.022, 242.1238, and 243.0341 to conform; repeal KRS 242.1294, 242.1296, and 242.1298.

## 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/hb536/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0104.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb536/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 536 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- S. Sharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 04, 2022
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 67-19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 25, 2022
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 26-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40eef8b9-798c-4205-8bd5-2ce643210e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).