---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages."
description: "Amend KRS 243.020 to allow the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages at nonlicensed businesses within or sharing a boundary with an entertainment destination center and at licensed premises sharing a boundary with an entertainment destination center; limit the alcoholic beverages to those purchased at the entertainment destination center or at a licensee sharing a boundary with the entertainment destination center; require written permission from the entertainment destination center before the alcoholic beverages may be possessed or consumed at that place of business."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Kentucky HB 237 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Licensing", "Malt Beverages", "Small Business", "Tourism", "Wines and Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed14676-258f-450c-9cf1-1beb056fbd6c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb237.html"
source_hash: "a39de04787b7c374641a550f64e91a87ed6615f43c4fb01f370d66c5417d3d46"
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 237 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.020 to allow the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages at nonlicensed businesses within or sharing a boundary with an entertainment destination center and at licensed premises sharing a boundary with an entertainment destination center; limit the alcoholic beverages to those purchased at the entertainment destination center or at a licensee sharing a boundary with the entertainment destination center; require written permission from the entertainment destination center before the alcoholic beverages may be possessed or consumed at that place of business.

## 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/23RS/hb237/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0039.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb237/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 237 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Local Government (H)
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-14 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31 -5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 39) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed14676-258f-450c-9cf1-1beb056fbd6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).