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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dietitians. [HB-562]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian License Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements for states that wish to participate in the compact; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; set requirements for transferring a home state license; designate home state licensure for active members of the military; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/15/2024
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AN ACT relating to home-based food processors. [HB-454]
Amend KRS 217.015 to expand the definition of "home-based processor" to include roasted coffee beans in the list of foods a home-based processor may produce.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
Introduced In House on 02/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry sales. [SB-156]
Amend KRS 217.125 to exempt poultry producers that slaughter and process less than 20,000 birds per year from permit and processing requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Agriculture (s) on 02/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to kratom. [HB-293]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom, to prohibit the sale of kratom products to individuals under 21 years of age, to establish product safety standards, to establish labeling requirements for kratom products, to authorize the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations related to the regulation of kratom products, to establish penalties, and to declare the supremacy of federal law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 44) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry. [HB-242]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gene therapy. [HB-229]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215, the Kentucky Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to define terms; require products that are known to be or could act as gene therapy to be labeled with the words "Potential Gene Therapy Product" or "Gene Therapy Product"; require any entity in the state that produces, sells, or distributes a product in this state with the capacity to infect an individual with a disease or to expose an individual with genetically modified material to provide information upon request on how individuals may be exposed; require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-189]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-93]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board and specify membership; set forth the duties of the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board; establish the healthy farm and food innovation fund; amend KRS 18A.115 to exempt the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board from a classified service designation; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-40]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education. [HB-74]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2024, and others by August 1, 2025; set each program term to one year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to agricultural key infrastructure assets. [SB-16]
Amends KRS 511.100 to add commercial food manufacturing or processing facility, animal feeding operation, and concentrated animal feeding operation to the definition of “key infrastructure assets,” to penalize those who operate an unmanned aircraft system, video recording device, audio recording device, or photography equipment on or above the assets without consent, to penalize those who record or distribute unauthorized images or material of a concentrated animal feeding operation, animal feeding operation, or commercial food manufacturing or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
Delivered To Secretary Of State on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the donation of game meat. [HB-78]
Amend KRS 217.217 to allow for the donation of game meat to correctional facilities for the purpose of inmate consumption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry sales. [SB-234]
Amend KRS 217.125 to exempt poultry producers that slaughter and process less than 20,000 birds per year from permit and processing requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Agriculture (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board, and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-384]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246 to define the terms; establish the Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board and specify membership; set forth the duties of the Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board; establish the healthy farm and food innovation fund; amend KRS 18A.115 to exempt the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board from a classified service designation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry. [HB-117]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education. [HB-96]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2023, and others by August 1, 2024; set each program term to 1 year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to food products. [HB-61]
Amend KRS 217.015 to add whole or ground roasted coffee beans and dried tea leaves to the definition of home-based processor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Fister
To Agriculture (h) on 02/09/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the designation of the official syrup of Kentucky. [HB-726]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate sweet sorghum syrup as the official syrup of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
To Agriculture (h) on 03/17/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education. [HB-737]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2022, and others by August 1, 2023; set each program term to 1 year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to consumer protections. [SB-210]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kratom extracts and kratom products; prohibit the sale of kratom extracts and kratom products to any individuals under 21 years of age; establish penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/25/2022