HB 500 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency.

Summary
Amend KRS 241.010 to define "barrel-aged and batched cocktails," "private selection event," and "private selection package" and to redefine "consumer" and "vintage distilled spirit"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a "limited nonquota package license" that allows designated alcoholic beverage drink licensees to sell vintage distilled spirits and private selection packages; amend KRS 243.027 to authorize a manufacturer to ship samples to persons or entities engaged in private selection events; indicate that the shipped sample quantity limits apply to each separate recipient; amend KRS 243.029 to require a direct shipper licensee to include all applicable taxes in the selling price for alcoholic beverages; include sales tax as a separate item on the customer's invoice; amend KRS 243.030 to set a $300 annual fee for a limited nonquota package license and for an off-premises retail sales outlet license; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to conduct private selection events and sell private selection packages at retail; set package and sample limits for sales at fairs, festivals, and other similar types of events; permit distillers to purchase jointly branded souvenir packages from microbreweries; restrict a distiller to only one off-premises retail site for each of its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.110 to make a limited nonquota package license compatible with listed drink licenses; amend KRS 243.232 to authorize a limited nonquota package license holder to sell vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to exclude private selection package sales from the normal quota retail package license restrictions; amend KRS 243.260 to issue a special temporary license for farmers markets; amend KRS 243.884 to exempt most private selection package sales from the wholesale tax; amend KRS 244.240 to exclude a distiller selling private selection packages or supplying barrels for barred-aged and batched cocktails from the interlocking interests prohibition; amend KRS 244.260 to permit a retailer to keep distilled spirits or wine in a container for preparing barred-aged and batched cocktails; align distilled spirit container limits with the largest applicable federal standard of fill size; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 14, 2022 Signed Mar 29, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 29, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 39)
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 25-11-1
lower
Mar 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Committee
to Licensing & Occupations (S)
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 75-17 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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