---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages."
description: "Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to allow a licensee to purchase alcohol directly from retailers only to be sold by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises or off-premises pursuant to KRS 243.081; amend KRS 244.590 to remove language relating to draught-line cleaning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Kentucky HB 618 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Licensing", "Malt Beverages", "Wines and Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49cc0286-6c02-4fd9-a425-cdbe2c09f21f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb618.html"
source_hash: "3bfc01e97e21fc6b3c7a1fac212ea5c0ed33cffae4db720b6ec8fd40e811e49e"
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 618 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to allow a licensee to purchase alcohol directly from retailers only to be sold by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises or off-premises pursuant to KRS 243.081; amend KRS 244.590 to remove language relating to draught-line cleaning.

## 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/hb618/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0130.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb618/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 618 W/ scs1 — **34–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **76–14** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **80–13** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 76-14 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49cc0286-6c02-4fd9-a425-cdbe2c09f21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).