---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 243.033 to modify alcoholic beverage caterer duties and privileges; remove caterer Sunday sales restrictions; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from imposing or attempting to enforce minimum customer thresholds or maximum event limits for caterers; amend KRS 243.090 to require the department to approve or deny a license application within 45 days after receipt of the application; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Kentucky SB 145 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Foods And Beverages", "Licensing", "Malt Beverages", "State Agencies", "Wine And Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams", "M. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccebc1d5-3ffa-4d44-b49c-1a92512c3d78"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb145.html"
source_hash: "271fcde4dd051210903e264045b40c119baf912d92656e31a6688ba85875554d"
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 145 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 243.033 to modify alcoholic beverage caterer duties and privileges; remove caterer Sunday sales restrictions; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from imposing or attempting to enforce minimum customer thresholds or maximum event limits for caterers; amend KRS 243.090 to require the department to approve or deny a license application within 45 days after receipt of the application; 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/26RS/sb145/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0003.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb145/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 145 — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **84–13** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 145 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1 — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Adams — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 35-2 `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.3) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccebc1d5-3ffa-4d44-b49c-1a92512c3d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).