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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2025RS"
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identifier: "HB 618"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 618 (2025RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Licensing", "Malt Beverages", "Wines and Wineries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49cc0286-6c02-4fd9-a425-cdbe2c09f21f"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb618.html"
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source_hash: "3bfc01e97e21fc6b3c7a1fac212ea5c0ed33cffae4db720b6ec8fd40e811e49e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 618 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb618/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0130.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb618/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASS HB 618 W/ scs1 — **34–3** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage — **76–14** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **80–13** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
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- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
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- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
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- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
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- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 76-14 `passage`
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49cc0286-6c02-4fd9-a425-cdbe2c09f21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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