republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-281.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the donation of food.	Amend KRS 217.127 to define "charitable food donor" as a nonprofit or religious organization that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or home-based processor, which produces food for distribution to a homeless shelter or to individuals displaced due to a declared natural disaster; exempt a charitable food donor from the licensing requirements of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 and application of State Plumbing Code requirements; amend KRS 217.218 to conform; amend KRS 411.241 to exempt a nonprofit or religious organization that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a home-based processor from civil or criminal liability arising from the production or donation of food to a homeless shelter or to individuals displaced due to a declared natural disaster.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 281	Kentucky HB 281 (2026RS)	bill	Agriculture Civil Actions Claims Licensing Public Health Religion State Agencies	enacted	A. Thompson B. Chester-Burton C. Aull C. Freeland D. Gordon D. Grossberg D. Hale D. Lewis E. Callaway J. Bray J. Calloway J. Payne K. Banta K. Fleming K. Holloway K. Jackson K. King K. Moser M. Hart N. Tate P. Flannery R. Duvall R. White S. Bratcher S. McPherson S. Sharp S. Stalker T. Roberts V. Grossl W. Williams	3	20	2	2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b8d0d861-7ca9-468b-8743-af2c1fd67c33	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb281.html	f5ff808ba098b3bfbd8c8ef89c25c2ce7b6a2998ab093ef0161c94b21c6cc110	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 281 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the donation of food.

Amend KRS 217.127 to define "charitable food donor" as a nonprofit or religious organization that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or home-based processor, which produces food for distribution to a homeless shelter or to individuals displaced due to a declared natural disaster; exempt a charitable food donor from the licensing requirements of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 and application of State Plumbing Code requirements; amend KRS 217.218 to conform; amend KRS 411.241 to exempt a nonprofit or religious organization that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a home-based processor from civil or criminal liability arising from the production or donation of food to a homeless shelter or to individuals displaced due to a declared natural disaster.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 30 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 281 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Thompson — primary (person)
• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• D. Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• J. Payne — primary (person)
• K. Banta — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. Holloway — primary (person)
• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• S. Stalker — primary (person)
• T. Roberts — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 28, 2026
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 30) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8d0d861-7ca9-468b-8743-af2c1fd67c33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).