---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to on-farm animal health."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 257 to allow the determination and implementation of an on-farm animal health care or animal health production practice to be made solely by a farmer and his or her veterinarian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "Kentucky HB 111 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animals", "Livestock", "And Poultry", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "D. Elliott", "D. Fister", "D. Lewis", "G. Brown Jr.", "K. King", "R. Bivens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd719939-4cfd-4550-a3fc-c2fa64bea090"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb111.html"
source_hash: "508ccd65d7db81f24b535030ddb44694a14f7a93f9ff77dad6d97d68fb84b078"
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 111 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to on-farm animal health.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 257 to allow the determination and implementation of an on-farm animal health care or animal health production practice to be made solely by a farmer and his or her veterinarian.

## 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/26RS/hb111/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0024.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb111/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 111 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- R. Bivens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 20 2026
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 24) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd719939-4cfd-4550-a3fc-c2fa64bea090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).