republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-293.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to kratom.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom; direct the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license and regulate processors and retailers of kratom products; charge kratom processors an annual licensing fee of $1,000 and kratom retailers an annual licensing fee of $500; prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kratom extracts and kratom products; prohibit the sale of kratom extracts and kratom products to any individuals under 21 years of age; establish penalties; declare the supremacy of any future federal regulations on kratom.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 293	Kentucky HB 293 (2024RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Children and Minors Consumer Affairs Fees Foods Licensing Public Health Safety State Agencies Trade Practices and Retailing	enacted	J. Calloway K. Moser S. Bratcher	3	23	3	2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/11325301-1f4a-4490-a4cb-ed946c838880	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb293.html	d04cffbc2f24fdeeef8d0e930b0bc2857c65e735d2de7a419a6efb3eed9d57aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 293 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to kratom.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom; direct the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license and regulate processors and retailers of kratom products; charge kratom processors an annual licensing fee of $1,000 and kratom retailers an annual licensing fee of $500; prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kratom extracts and kratom products; prohibit the sale of kratom extracts and kratom products to any individuals under 21 years of age; establish penalties; declare the supremacy of any future federal regulations on kratom.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 44 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 293 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2024
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-7 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 81-6 passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 44) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11325301-1f4a-4490-a4cb-ed946c838880. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).