---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to honey."
description: "Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 391"
citation: "Kentucky HB 391 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Foods", "Sales", "Small Business", "Trade Practices and Retailing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/939cceae-22e3-4a0d-b964-4055748d609e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb391.html"
source_hash: "d1bd8413953fbe50c78b9fd391db3c5abbe7627d1307a6e5ad1ef528902968ea"
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 391 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to honey.

Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

## 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/25RS/hb391/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0021.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb391/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 391 — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2025
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 07, 2025
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed 33-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/939cceae-22e3-4a0d-b964-4055748d609e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).