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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to allow employees of the Department of Agriculture, except those employed within the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy, to participate in, apply for, or receive funds, awards, or contracts administered by the department's Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy; amend KRS 11A.040 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 216"
citation: "Kentucky HB 216 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Ethics", "Retroactive Legislation", "State Agencies", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d93d1b-b319-416d-84f8-5027fe933269"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb216.html"
source_hash: "52710fd4bd63b36b7ab33ca1abb371f8304bc40ffdd3ff482ccae7b39ef58a33"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---
# Kentucky HB 216 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to allow employees of the Department of Agriculture, except those employed within the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy, to participate in, apply for, or receive funds, awards, or contracts administered by the department's Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy; amend KRS 11A.040 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb216/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0102.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb216/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **7915** (pass) · lower
- Override Veto Final Passage HB 216 — **326** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 216 — **320** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **930** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 07, 2025
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-15 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 102) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4d93d1b-b319-416d-84f8-5027fe933269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).