---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to create a new agricultural economic development program within the Department of Agriculture; establish the agricultural economic development board; create the agricultural economic development fund; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Kentucky SB 28 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Land Use", "Reports Mandated"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f1f65e-bd7e-47ee-b151-e0ded43a0ea1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb28.html"
source_hash: "6677f497f0d7576d36d21197a4cce84e13d25b9ee57ba19eebeb184458e4c244"
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 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to create a new agricultural economic development program within the Department of Agriculture; establish the agricultural economic development board; create the agricultural economic development fund; EMERGENCY.

## 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/sb28/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0118.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb28/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage SB 28 W/ hcs1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 28 W/ scs1 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 28 W/ hcs1 hfa1 — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **81–10** (pass) · upper
- Override Veto Final Passage SB 28 — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment adopted Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) filed
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-5 with House Committee Substitute (1) and House Floor Amendment (1) `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** vote on bill reconsidered
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
- **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
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 81-10 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 118) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3f1f65e-bd7e-47ee-b151-e0ded43a0ea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).