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| Bill | AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. | Amend KRS 241.010 to define "barrel-aged and batched cocktails," "private selection event," and "private selection package" and to redefine "consumer" and "vintage distilled spirit"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a "limited nonquota package license" that allows designated alcoholic beverage drink licensees to sell vintage distilled spirits and private selection packages; amend KRS 243.027 to authorize a manufacturer to ship samples to persons or entities engaged in private selection events; indicate that the shipped sample quantity limits apply to each separate recipient; amend KRS 243.029 to require a direct shipper licensee to include all applicable taxes in the selling price for alcoholic beverages; include sales tax as a separate item on the customer's invoice; amend KRS 243.030 to set a $300 annual fee for a limited nonquota package license and for an off-premises retail sales outlet license; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to conduct private selection events and sell private selection packages at retail; set package and sample limits for sales at fairs, festivals, and other similar types of events; permit distillers to purchase jointly branded souvenir packages from microbreweries; restrict a distiller to only one off-premises retail site for each of its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.110 to make a limited nonquota package license compatible with listed drink licenses; amend KRS 243.232 to authorize a limited nonquota package license holder to sell vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to exclude private selection package sales from the normal quota retail package license restrictions; amend KRS 243.260 to issue a special temporary license for farmers markets; amend KRS 243.884 to exempt most private selection package sales from the wholesale tax; amend KRS 244.240 to exclude a distiller selling private selection packages or supplying barrels for barred-aged and batched cocktails from the interlocking interests prohibition; amend KRS 244.260 to permit a retailer to keep distilled spirits or wine in a container for preparing barred-aged and batched cocktails; align distilled spirit container limits with the largest applicable federal standard of fill size; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2022RS | HB 500 | Kentucky HB 500 (2022RS) |
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Kentucky HB 500 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 241.010 to define "barrel-aged and batched cocktails," "private selection event," and "private selection package" and to redefine "consumer" and "vintage distilled spirit"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a "limited nonquota package license" that allows designated alcoholic beverage drink licensees to sell vintage distilled spirits and private selection packages; amend KRS 243.027 to authorize a manufacturer to ship samples to persons or entities engaged in private selection events; indicate that the shipped sample quantity limits apply to each separate recipient; amend KRS 243.029 to require a direct shipper licensee to include all applicable taxes in the selling price for alcoholic beverages; include sales tax as a separate item on the customer's invoice; amend KRS 243.030 to set a $300 annual fee for a limited nonquota package license and for an off-premises retail sales outlet license; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to conduct private selection events and sell private selection packages at retail; set package and sample limits for sales at fairs, festivals, and other similar types of events; permit distillers to purchase jointly branded souvenir packages from microbreweries; restrict a distiller to only one off-premises retail site for each of its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.110 to make a limited nonquota package license compatible with listed drink licenses; amend KRS 243.232 to authorize a limited nonquota package license holder to sell vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to exclude private selection package sales from the normal quota retail package license restrictions; amend KRS 243.260 to issue a special temporary license for farmers markets; amend KRS 243.884 to exempt most private selection package sales from the wholesale tax; amend KRS 244.240 to exclude a distiller selling private selection packages or supplying barrels for barred-aged and batched cocktails from the interlocking interests prohibition; amend KRS 244.260 to permit a retailer to keep distilled spirits or wine in a container for preparing barred-aged and batched cocktails; align distilled spirit container limits with the largest applicable federal standard of fill size; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 39 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- FINAL PASS HB 500 — pass (pass) · lower
- Pass — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
referral-committee - 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
- 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 75-17 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S)
referral-committee - 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
committee-passage - 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 25-11-1
passage, reading-3 - 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 39)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1966b09-5168-45f0-ad48-79500f8e841b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).