republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-145.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 243.033 to modify alcoholic beverage caterer duties and privileges; remove caterer Sunday sales restrictions; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from imposing or attempting to enforce minimum customer thresholds or maximum event limits for caterers; amend KRS 243.090 to require the department to approve or deny a license application within 45 days after receipt of the application; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 145	Kentucky SB 145 (2026RS)	bill	Alcoholic Beverages Distilled Spirits Effective Dates Emergency Foods And Beverages Licensing Malt Beverages State Agencies Wine And Wineries	enacted	J. Adams M. Wilson	3	24	3	2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00	2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ccebc1d5-3ffa-4d44-b49c-1a92512c3d78	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb145.html	271fcde4dd051210903e264045b40c119baf912d92656e31a6688ba85875554d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 145 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 243.033 to modify alcoholic beverage caterer duties and privileges; remove caterer Sunday sales restrictions; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from imposing or attempting to enforce minimum customer thresholds or maximum event limits for caterers; amend KRS 243.090 to require the department to approve or deny a license application within 45 days after receipt of the application; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• PASS SB 145 — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 84–13 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 145 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1 — 35–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Adams — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-1 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 84-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 passed 35-2 passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.3) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccebc1d5-3ffa-4d44-b49c-1a92512c3d78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).