republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-252.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the age requirement for serving alcoholic beverages.	Amend KRS 244.090 to lower the minimum server age of employees to 18 and to exclude persons under the age of 20 from bartending.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 252	Kentucky HB 252 (2022RS)	bill	Alcoholic Beverages Distilled Spirits Licensing Malt Beverages Trade Practices and Retailing Wines and Wineries	enacted	C. Massey K. Bratcher K. Timoney T. Bojanowski	3	22	2	2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/001b5c55-9f26-4f56-969b-98a49d3ae90c	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb252.html	75cf2853c821ea8b46294bc5878ff469e23d8f471f83bd7ed6f93b2bfc9a932a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 252 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the age requirement for serving alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 244.090 to lower the minimum server age of employees to 18 and to exclude persons under the age of 20 from bartending.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 38 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final passage HB 252 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Massey — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2022
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 62-34 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 23-10 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 38) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/001b5c55-9f26-4f56-969b-98a49d3ae90c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).