---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to mushrooms."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate the indigo milk cap as the official state mushroom of Kentucky."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Kentucky SB 19 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment And Conservation", "State Symbols And Emblems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Mays Bledsoe", "G. Neal", "M. Nunn", "P. Wheeler", "S. Madon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca0c180-0f0c-4d61-9c26-58b9fb37f50a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb19.html"
source_hash: "750cf340fb506e1d7e7445137a3ddb4bcfbcd4776adeb5fbd3c0a2e03dce5167"
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 19 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to mushrooms.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate the indigo milk cap as the official state mushroom of Kentucky.

## 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/sb19/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0059.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb19/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **85–3** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 19 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
- G. Neal — primary (person)
- M. Nunn — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- S. Madon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 59) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca0c180-0f0c-4d61-9c26-58b9fb37f50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).