AN ACT relating to Kentucky-grown agricultural product procurement and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "agricultural product" and "Kentucky-grown agricultural product"; allow a local school board or local school district participating in any of the United States Department of Agriculture Child Nutrition Programs to purchase Kentucky-grown agricultural products in accordance with federal law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Jan 28, 2026
Signed Mar 27, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was amended to add a formal declaration of an emergency, ensuring the law takes effect immediately upon passage rather than waiting for a standard effective date. The bill's title was updated to reflect this new emergency provision, and the document's internal reference number was changed to match the official bill number (SB 5) instead of a committee identifier.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability remains focused on Kentucky-grown agricultural products in school nutrition programs, but the timeline for enforcement has been accelerated by adding an emergency clause.
TIMELINE
Added a declaration of emergency to allow the bill to take effect immediately upon becoming law.
TECHNICAL
Updated the document header from a committee reference (BR1746) to the official bill number (SB 5/EN).
SCOPE
Expanded the title to explicitly include the new emergency declaration provision.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2026
How they voted
44–0
Passed
Total votes 44
Feb 5, 2026
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican38
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 27, 2026
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 8)
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
passed 35-0
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Mar 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
to Agriculture (H)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 38-0
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
to Agriculture (S)
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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