---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages."
description: "Amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a craft distiller to self-distribute up to 5,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year directly to a licensed retailer; direct the distiller to register, deliver, report, and pay all applicable taxes on self-distributed distilled spirits; allow a distiller to extend credit to a retailer for up to 30 days from the invoice date; establish distiller reporting requirements to both wholesalers and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; amend KRS 243.710 and 243.884 to require a distiller to pay wholesale taxes on any self-distributed distilled spirits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Kentucky SB 50 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Licensing", "Sales", "Taxation", "Trade Practices and Retailing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "D. Thayer", "D. Yates", "G. Williams", "M. Deneen", "S. Funke Frommeyer", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d765447f-ac55-417a-9220-a2cd73c3a458"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb50.html"
source_hash: "7384de22552f3ac8002cb6fdffc2e8f6528623a3444a3bd725936affcb4d5af0"
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 50 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a craft distiller to self-distribute up to 5,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year directly to a licensed retailer; direct the distiller to register, deliver, report, and pay all applicable taxes on self-distributed distilled spirits; allow a distiller to extend credit to a retailer for up to 30 days from the invoice date; establish distiller reporting requirements to both wholesalers and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; amend KRS 243.710 and 243.884 to require a distiller to pay wholesale taxes on any self-distributed distilled spirits.

## 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/24RS/sb50/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 110** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0110.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb50/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 50 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- D. Yates — primary (person)
- G. Williams — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 01, 2024
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 71-16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d765447f-ac55-417a-9220-a2cd73c3a458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).