---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to procurement."
description: "Amend KRS 45A.380 to specify additional food items that are exempted from competitive negotation requirements in certain circumstances; amend KRS 424.260 to specify additional food items that are exempted from the newspaper notice requirement for competitive bidding for local government procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Kentucky SB 42 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Contracts", "Counties", "County Clerks", "Local Government", "Notices", "Publications", "Sheriffs", "Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c07878e2-aad6-427d-bf9a-80b9896b1d1d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb42.html"
source_hash: "e36296f4b7ae68c9c029532d412036f9b08f30e8192010ceb65e097689848886"
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 42 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to procurement.

Amend KRS 45A.380 to specify additional food items that are exempted from competitive negotation requirements in certain circumstances; amend KRS 424.260 to specify additional food items that are exempted from the newspaper notice requirement for competitive bidding for local government procurement.

## 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/sb42/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0150.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb42/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 42 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 42 w/ hcs1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- S. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 07, 2022
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Local Government (H)
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 71-24 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 150) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c07878e2-aad6-427d-bf9a-80b9896b1d1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).