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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to home-based food products. Amend KRS 217.015 to redefine \"retail food store,\" \"home-based processor,\" \"home-based microprocessor,\" and \"farmer\"; amend KRS 217.136 to change acceptable food products that may be offered by a home-based processor for sale in this state; amend KRS 217.137 to change acceptable food products that may be offered by a home-based microprocessor for sale in this state."
description: "AN ACT relating to home-based food products. Amend KRS 217.015 to redefine \"retail food store,\" \"home-based processor,\" \"home-based microprocessor,\" and \"farmer\"; amend KRS 217.136 to change acceptable food products that may be offered by a home-based processor for sale in this state; amend KRS 217.137 to change acceptable food products that may be offered by a home-based microprocessor for sale in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "Kentucky HB 263 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland", "C. McCoy", "D. Elliott", "D. Hale", "J. Petrie", "J. Richards", "K. King", "M. Dossett", "R. Heath", "R. Mills", "S. Wells", "S. Westrom", "W. Stone", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0af4aed3-e760-4f22-843a-f86aff53c59f"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB263.htm"
source_hash: "38987137eda6e387512a111f4257b9d5768c26b698d20c177e51d356fc9c933a"
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 263 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to home-based food products. Amend KRS 217.015 to redefine "retail food store," "home-based processor," "home-based microprocessor," and "farmer"; amend KRS 217.136 to change acceptable food products that may be offered by a home-based processor for sale in this state; amend KRS 217.137 to change acceptable food products that may be offered by a home-based microprocessor for sale in this state.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 263 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB263/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB263/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB263/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB263/SCS1.pdf)
## Sponsors
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- J. Richards — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Wells — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- W. Stone — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 83-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-27** To Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** Committee Substitute withdrawn
- **2018-03-21** Passed 38-0
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 77) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0af4aed3-e760-4f22-843a-f86aff53c59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).