---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to nicotine products."
description: "Create new sections of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to define terms; require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to create and maintain a tobacco noncompliance database and reporting system; require wholesalers to verify a retailer's presence in the database prior to transactions; establish and impose fines for wholesalers that unlawfully sell to a retailer that is in the noncompliance database; make ineligible any retailer with unpaid fines that are more than 60 days overdue from selling Tobacco Control Act covered products until the fines are paid; direct manufacturers of Tobacco Control Act covered products to provide safe harbor certification to wholesalers and retailers of their products; prohibit a retailer from selling Tobacco Control Act products to persons under 21 years of age; establish; amend KRS 241.060 to allow the board to conduct hearings and appeals under this Act and KRS 438.340."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 11"
citation: "Kentucky HB 11 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicines", "Public Safety", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Neighbors", "C. Fugate", "D. Fister", "D. Hale", "D. Meade", "J. Bauman", "J. Bray", "J. Tipton", "K. Banta", "K. Timoney", "M. Clines", "M. Pollock", "R. Duvall", "R. Raymer", "S. Bratcher", "S. Dietz", "S. Lewis", "S. Riley", "S. Sharp", "T. Truett", "W. Thomas", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e8994e-9d69-4b75-b91a-8c69214f5a83"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb11.html"
source_hash: "cfc6550311bd5e5f08f11de261fbd5bf0adb4ee9bb9eaeb4cfa43b89bb199851"
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 11 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to nicotine products.

Create new sections of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to define terms; require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to create and maintain a tobacco noncompliance database and reporting system; require wholesalers to verify a retailer's presence in the database prior to transactions; establish and impose fines for wholesalers that unlawfully sell to a retailer that is in the noncompliance database; make ineligible any retailer with unpaid fines that are more than 60 days overdue from selling Tobacco Control Act covered products until the fines are paid; direct manufacturers of Tobacco Control Act covered products to provide safe harbor certification to wholesalers and retailers of their products; prohibit a retailer from selling Tobacco Control Act products to persons under 21 years of age; establish; amend KRS 241.060 to allow the board to conduct hearings and appeals under this Act and KRS 438.340.

## 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/24RS/hb11/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0111.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb11/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 11 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Neighbors — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- J. Bauman — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Clines — primary (person)
- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- R. Duvall — primary (person)
- R. Raymer — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- S. Dietz — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- S. Sharp — primary (person)
- T. Truett — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 62-26 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Judiciary (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-7-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 64-27 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37e8994e-9d69-4b75-b91a-8c69214f5a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).