republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pesticide labeling."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish that any pesticide registered with the Department of Agriculture, with an EPA approved label for use pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is deemed sufficient warning for the purposes of an action concerning duty to warn; amend KRS 217.544 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Kentucky SB 199 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Civil Actions", "Civil Procedure", "Claims", "Consumer Protection", "Federal Laws And Regulations", "Notices", "Occupational Safety And Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Richardson", "J. Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64aef8e8-7ec6-47b3-b635-a85fcece30e0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb199.html"
source_hash: "8ab41b842eb1c8d24b95fe685b6c3cc4d48502b7d9ff8d65dd36e4a2cb14807b"
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 199 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to pesticide labeling.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish that any pesticide registered with the Department of Agriculture, with an EPA approved label for use pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is deemed sufficient warning for the purposes of an action concerning duty to warn; amend KRS 217.544 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/26RS/sb199/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0011.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb199/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 199 w/ HFA 4 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **18–20** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage — **56–32** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 199 — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 199 — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **53–37** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Richardson — primary (person)
- J. Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) withdrawn
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 23-13 `passage`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (5) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 53-37 with Floor Amendment (4) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (4)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (4)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 24-11 `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 24-12 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 56-32 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 11) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64aef8e8-7ec6-47b3-b635-a85fcece30e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).