republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-73.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to animal agriculture.	Amend KRS 217.015 to add tallow-based cosmetic products to the definition of "home-based processor"; amend KRS 217.136 to allow home-based processors to produce tallow-based cosmetic products in accordance with the registration and regulation requirements set forth by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 73	Kentucky SB 73 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Agriculture State Agencies	enacted	G. Boswell J. Howell	3	27	3	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6e57b398-d733-4521-bcc5-3596967c0886	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb73.html	5113047e0bb161416f15731636bdc7440890a1494833719633e053f300caac12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 73 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to animal agriculture.

Amend KRS 217.015 to add tallow-based cosmetic products to the definition of "home-based processor"; amend KRS 217.136 to allow home-based processors to produce tallow-based cosmetic products in accordance with the registration and regulation requirements set forth by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 52 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 73 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 92–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 73 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1, HCA 1 (T) — 35–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Boswell — primary (person)
• J. Howell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed 35-3 passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 52) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e57b398-d733-4521-bcc5-3596967c0886. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).