---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to charitable gaming."
description: "Amend KRS 238.540 to allow a charitable gaming volunteer to serve at up to six charitable gaming events or sessions per week; amend KRS 238.545 to allow a licensed charitable organization to conduct up to three bingo sessions per week over the course of up to 15 total hours per week; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Kentucky SB 190 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements and Recreation", "Charitable Organizations and Institutions", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Gambling", "Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c45eef6-8309-41df-b5e5-57f8cc457b05"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb190.html"
source_hash: "98b7b5628d72fb81cbfd8e4f0673f9c4749331c7ed6d1638f0e7061870dee20e"
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 190 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.

Amend KRS 238.540 to allow a charitable gaming volunteer to serve at up to six charitable gaming events or sessions per week; amend KRS 238.545 to allow a licensed charitable organization to conduct up to three bingo sessions per week over the course of up to 15 total hours per week; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.

## 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/sb190/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0028.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb190/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 190 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **86–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **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 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, 86-0 passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 28) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c45eef6-8309-41df-b5e5-57f8cc457b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).