KY HB 9
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KY HB 9 pass?
No. KY HB 9 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-14): floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
What is KY HB 9 about?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose a 4% state retail regulatory license fee on all alcoholic beverage and cannabis-infused beverage sales to consumers by alcoholic beverage retailers; establish procedures and duties of retailers; impose state wholesale regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages and cannabis-infused beverages and state retail regulatory license fees on kratom, hemp-derived, and cannabinoid products; set out regulatory license fee rates, deductions for timely filing and payment, and licensee duties; amend KRS 211.285 to fund the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund with 0.5% of the collected state retail regulatory license fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish Department for Public Health laboratory and testing standards and procedures; amend KRS 241.010 to define "state or national conference" and redefine "alcoholic beverages"; amend KRS 241.069 to delete outdated language; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to establish state license fees for new and existing license types; limit licensee discipline to only the specific license in question; establish a souvenir package license for distillers; authorize distillers, small farm wineries, and microbreweries to allow leashed dogs on their premises; allow caterers and special temporary auction licensees at state and national conferences; modify the privileges for various licensees, including a wholesaler, Class B distiller, and special agent or solicitor; add references to the new tax structure and statutes; modify requirements for public notice of a license application; sunset existing excise, wholesale, and other taxes on July 1, 2027, as they relate to alcoholic beverages and cannabis-infused beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 243.075, relating to local regulatory license fees, to allow any moist or wet city or county to impose the fee; authorize audits of each city's or county's regulatory license fee fund by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the most recent 10 years; describe audit penalties for cities and counties that fail to substantially comply; direct cities and counties to reduce the regulatory license fee to 3% within 4 years; limit future cities and counties to a 1% regulatory license fee; amend KRS 244.080 to permanently prohibit a retail license from using a premises if the licensee sold to minors at that premises 3 or more times in 24 months; amend KRS 244.585 to establish limitations for agreements between distributors and breweries or microbreweries; amend KRS 131.250, 139.010, 243.045, 243.430, 243.790, 243.850, and 243.990 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.
Who sponsors KY HB 9?
D. Osborne, M. Koch, J. Petrie are the primary sponsors of KY HB 9.
Description
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose a 4% state retail regulatory license fee on all alcoholic beverage and cannabis-infused beverage sales to consumers by alcoholic beverage retailers; establish procedures and duties of retailers; impose state wholesale regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages and cannabis-infused beverages and state retail regulatory license fees on kratom, hemp-derived, and cannabinoid products; set out regulatory license fee rates, deductions for timely filing and payment, and licensee duties; amend KRS 211.285 to fund the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund with 0.5% of the collected state retail regulatory license fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish Department for Public Health laboratory and testing standards and procedures; amend KRS 241.010 to define "state or national conference" and redefine "alcoholic beverages"; amend KRS 241.069 to delete outdated language; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to establish state license fees for new and existing license types; limit licensee discipline to only the specific license in question; establish a souvenir package license for distillers; authorize distillers, small farm wineries, and microbreweries to allow leashed dogs on their premises; allow caterers and special temporary auction licensees at state and national conferences; modify the privileges for various licensees, including a wholesaler, Class B distiller, and special agent or solicitor; add references to the new tax structure and statutes; modify requirements for public notice of a license application; sunset existing excise, wholesale, and other taxes on July 1, 2027, as they relate to alcoholic beverages and cannabis-infused beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 243.075, relating to local regulatory license fees, to allow any moist or wet city or county to impose the fee; authorize audits of each city's or county's regulatory license fee fund by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the most recent 10 years; describe audit penalties for cities and counties that fail to substantially comply; direct cities and counties to reduce the regulatory license fee to 3% within 4 years; limit future cities and counties to a 1% regulatory license fee; amend KRS 244.080 to permanently prohibit a retail license from using a premises if the licensee sold to minors at that premises 3 or more times in 24 months; amend KRS 244.585 to establish limitations for agreements between distributors and breweries or microbreweries; amend KRS 131.250, 139.010, 243.045, 243.430, 243.790, 243.850, and 243.990 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-04
- Latest action
- 2026-04-14 — floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- D. Osborneprimary
- M. Kochprimary
- J. Petrieprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-14
floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
2026-03-31
returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2026-03-31
2nd reading
reading-2
2026-03-31
taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2026-03-27
returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2026-03-27
1st reading
reading-1
2026-03-27
taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2026-03-27
to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-11
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-11
received in Senate
2026-03-10
3rd reading, passed 63-31 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-03-10
placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-03-10
taken from Rules
2026-03-10
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-03-09
returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2026-03-09
2nd reading
reading-2
2026-03-09
taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2026-03-06
to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-06
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-03-06
1st reading
reading-1
2026-03-06
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2026-03-04
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-04
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-03-10 · pass · 63-31
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Fister: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Imes: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Payne: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Koch: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Riley: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hale: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Williams: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Hampton: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hart: yes
- Meade: yes
- Smith: yes
- Witten: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Baker: no
- Dietz: no
- Holloway: no
- Marzian: no
- Roarx: no
- Banta: no
- Doan: no
- King: no
- Massaroni: no
- Roberts: no
- Bojanowski: no
- Dotson: no
- Kulkarni: no
- Moore: no
- Stalker: no
- Burke: no
- Freeland: no
- Lehman: no
- Moser: no
- Stevenson P: no
- Calloway: no
- Gentry: no
- Lewis S: no
- Proctor: no
- Watkins: no
- Camuel: no
- Gordon: no
- Maddox: no
- Rabourn: no
- Willner: no
- Clines: no
- Bowling: not voting
- Chester-Burton: not voting
- Hancock: not voting
- McCool: not voting
- White: not voting
- Brown: not voting
Related bills
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