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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the age requirement for serving alcoholic beverages."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Kentucky HB 252 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Licensing", "Malt Beverages", "Trade Practices and Retailing", "Wines and Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "K. Bratcher", "K. Timoney", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001b5c55-9f26-4f56-969b-98a49d3ae90c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb252.html"
source_hash: "75cf2853c821ea8b46294bc5878ff469e23d8f471f83bd7ed6f93b2bfc9a932a"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb252/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0038.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb252/bill.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001b5c55-9f26-4f56-969b-98a49d3ae90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).