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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to agriculture and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 246.055 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to accept nonfederal funds and grants from any source, public or private, that benefit the Department's programs; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Kentucky SB 214 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Appropriations", "Budget And Financial Administration", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Financial Responsibility", "Funds", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d27418e-2c22-4f78-b143-703557db708a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb214.html"
source_hash: "6973bb8f47c9c5fd3c224c8697fdd3bdae0d183889609b3b9ee6b711876dec7a"
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 214 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to agriculture and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 246.055 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to accept nonfederal funds and grants from any source, public or private, that benefit the Department's programs; 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/26RS/sb214/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0187.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb214/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 214 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **980** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 214 — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- J. Howell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3), (4-title), (5) and (6-title) filed
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (7) and (8-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 187) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d27418e-2c22-4f78-b143-703557db708a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).