republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-618.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.	Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to allow a licensee to purchase alcohol directly from retailers only to be sold by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises or off-premises pursuant to KRS 243.081; amend KRS 244.590 to remove language relating to draught-line cleaning.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 618	Kentucky HB 618 (2025RS)	bill	Alcoholic Beverages Distilled Spirits Licensing Malt Beverages Wines and Wineries	enacted		3	33	3	2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/49cc0286-6c02-4fd9-a425-cdbe2c09f21f	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb618.html	3bfc01e97e21fc6b3c7a1fac212ea5c0ed33cffae4db720b6ec8fd40e811e49e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 618 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to allow a licensee to purchase alcohol directly from retailers only to be sold by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises or off-premises pursuant to KRS 243.081; amend KRS 244.590 to remove language relating to draught-line cleaning.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 130 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 618 W/ scs1 — 34–3 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 76–14 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 80–13 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 76-14 passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49cc0286-6c02-4fd9-a425-cdbe2c09f21f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).