Foods
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging the executive branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to reinstate the authority of the Capitol Annex Snack Bar to prepare and serve fried bologna sandwiches. [SR-268]
Urge the executive branch to permit the preparation and serving of fried bologna sandwiches in the Annex Snack Bar.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Introduced In Senate on 03/27/2025
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AN ACT relating to small farms and home-based processors. [HB-768]
Create a new section of KRS 217.015 to 217.215 to define "small farms"; exempt small farms and home-based processors from any state and any city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county government and any health department thereof from any rule, administrative regulation, certification, or licensing requirement that is not required by federal law; Repeal KRS 217.136, relating to home-based food processors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Agriculture (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to kratom products. [HB-481]
Amend KRS 217.2202 to eliminate the prohibition on kratom extracts and kratom products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine; amend KRS 217.2203 to establish that products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine shall comply with labeling requirements for kratom products but shall not be labeled or marketed as a kratom product; amend KRS 217.2205 to establish that that products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine shall be subject to administrative regulations promulgated by the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school nutrition. [HB-439]
Amend KRS 158.850 to define terms; ban schools from selling or providing ultra-processed foods during the school day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to honey. [HB-391]
Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 21) on 03/15/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cultured meat products. [HB-374]
Amend KRS 217.035 to remove meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue from the list of foods deemed misbranded; amend KRS 217.175 to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or exchange of meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Dotson
To Agriculture (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative. [HB-356]
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, 2025, and others by August 1, 2026; set each program term to one year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Agriculture (s) on 03/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-295]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to define terms; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2030; establish a ban on the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2028; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to enhancing nutrition in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. [HB-279]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture to exclude certain foods from being purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; require the request to be submitted annually until a waiver is granted if instructed by the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Withdrawn on 02/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the donation of food. [HB-186]
Amend KRS 217.127 to define " charitable food donor" as a nonprofit or religious organization that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or home-based processor, which produces food for distribution to a homeless shelter or to individuals displaced due to a declared natural disaster; exempt a charitable food donor from the licensing requirements of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 and application of State Plumbing Code requirements; amend KRS 217.218 to conform; amend KRS 411.241 to exempt a nonprofit or religious
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry. [HB-144]
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
To Agriculture (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools. [SB-48]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program fund; 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/09/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dietitians. [HB-70]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian Licensure 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Taken From Committee On Committees (s) on 03/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unpasteurized milk. [HB-86]
Amend KRS 217C.040 to allow the sale of unpasteurized milk to a consumer; amend KRS 217C.010 and 217C.020 to conform; repeal KRS 217C.090, relating to the sale of unpasteurized goat milk.
Sponsored by: Rep. Felicia Rabourn
To Agriculture (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to home-based food processors. [HB-89]
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
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to adulterated food. [HB-95]
Amend KRS 217.015, relating to the Kentucky Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to define "red dye 3"; amend KRS 217.025 to include red dye 3 as a prohibited food adulterant.
Sponsored by: Rep. D. Wade Williams
Withdrawn on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Food and Drug Administration to mandate and enforce a prohibition on United States food manufacturers producing or selling food containing harmful ingredients that have been banned by several other countries. [HCR-103]
Urge the Food and Drug Administration to mandate and enforce a prohibition on United States food manufacturers producing or selling food containing harmful ingredients that have been banned by several other countries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools. [SB-256]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program fund; 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cultivated meat. [HB-597]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215, the Kentucky Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to define "cultivated meat"; prohibit the manufacture, sale or distribution of cultivated meat; establish penalties; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take necessary action to stop the sale of food it finds to contain cultivated meat; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candy Massaroni
Introduced In House on 02/20/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dietitians. [HB-557]
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. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 02/15/2024