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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure."
description: "Amend KRS 438.305 to define terms; create new sections of KRS 438.305 to 438.350 to create the Division of Tobacco, Nicotine, and Vapor Product Licensing within the Department of Beverage Control; give the department investigators the authority to inspect any premise where alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products are sold without obtaining a search warrant; require any retailer that sells alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products to obtain a tobacco, nicotine, and vapor products license issued by the department; establish penalties for retailers that sell alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products without a license; establish conditions under which a license may be revoked; amend KRS 438.310 to establish penalties for retailers and store clerks who sell to individuals under the age of 21; amend KRS 438.313 to prohibit a distributor from distributing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products to any retailer whose license has been revoked; prohibit a distributor from distributing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products to any retailer that has been placed on the tobacco noncompliance database and reporting system; amend KRS 438.337 to allocate 100% of license and application fees to the department; allocate 50% of fines collected to go toward a youth program that educates the youth on the dangers of vaping and tobacco use; require the department to develop and maintain the noncompliance database and reporting system; amend KRS 438.340 to direct the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a procedure for administering citations, issuing orders, and filing appeals; amend KRS 438.350 to establish conditions upon which a person under the age of 21 may be required to perform community service or attend a tobacco cessation program; amend various sections of KRS to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 100"
citation: "Kentucky SB 100 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Drugs and Medicines", "Fiscal Note", "Licensing", "Occupations and Professions", "Public Health", "Public Protection", "Tobacco", "Trade Practices and Retailing", "Vaping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/138fa040-446c-43ee-84e9-fc666b56c612"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb100.html"
source_hash: "89048093e48fd8ab67205c9feabb0757bb7758d8c1c15cf0818f4cd9a539ff5a"
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 SB 100 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure.
Amend KRS 438.305 to define terms; create new sections of KRS 438.305 to 438.350 to create the Division of Tobacco, Nicotine, and Vapor Product Licensing within the Department of Beverage Control; give the department investigators the authority to inspect any premise where alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products are sold without obtaining a search warrant; require any retailer that sells alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products to obtain a tobacco, nicotine, and vapor products license issued by the department; establish penalties for retailers that sell alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products without a license; establish conditions under which a license may be revoked; amend KRS 438.310 to establish penalties for retailers and store clerks who sell to individuals under the age of 21; amend KRS 438.313 to prohibit a distributor from distributing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products to any retailer whose license has been revoked; prohibit a distributor from distributing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products to any retailer that has been placed on the tobacco noncompliance database and reporting system; amend KRS 438.337 to allocate 100% of license and application fees to the department; allocate 50% of fines collected to go toward a youth program that educates the youth on the dangers of vaping and tobacco use; require the department to develop and maintain the noncompliance database and reporting system; amend KRS 438.340 to direct the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a procedure for administering citations, issuing orders, and filing appeals; amend KRS 438.350 to establish conditions upon which a person under the age of 21 may be required to perform community service or attend a tobacco cessation program; amend various sections of KRS to conform.
## 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/sb100/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0078.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb100/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **8211** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 100 W/ scs1 sfa5 sfta3 — **333** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 100 W/ hcs1 — **326** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendment (4)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (5) and Floor Amendment (3-title) `passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 82-11 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 78) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/138fa040-446c-43ee-84e9-fc666b56c612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).