---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to small farm wineries and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 243.155 to allow a small farm winery to annually sell and deliver up to 30,000 gallons of wine to any retail license holder; require the small farm winery to register any of these products with the department unless they are already registered by a licensed wholesaler; direct the small farm winery to pay the wine wholesale tax and report self-distributed wines; exempt small farm winery wholesalers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Kentucky SB 28 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Taxation", "Wines and Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66012c51-7e3a-4c19-8d08-feb128e550c4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb28.html"
source_hash: "57e8c0abd6cf69a555845ab5e089b091aa99a4454dbd9ab61d68db0a6ee4e3b3"
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 28 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to small farm wineries and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 243.155 to allow a small farm winery to annually sell and deliver up to 30,000 gallons of wine to any retail license holder; require the small farm winery to register any of these products with the department unless they are already registered by a licensed wholesaler; direct the small farm winery to pay the wine wholesale tax and report self-distributed wines; exempt small farm winery wholesalers.

## 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/sb28/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0015.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb28/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 28 / hcs1 hfa1 hfta2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 28 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-1 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 83-7 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Committee Substitute (1) and House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66012c51-7e3a-4c19-8d08-feb128e550c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).