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IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Became Law
Kentucky Senate Bill
AN ACT relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure and declaring an emergency.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 31, 2026: delivered to Governor
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 245
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- M. Kochprimary
Votes
YES: 85
- Aull
- Dietz
- Hale
- McCool
- Smith
- Baker
- Donworth
- Hancock
- Meade
- Stalker
- Bauman
- Dossett
- Hart
- Meredith
- Tackett Laferty
- Bivens
- Dotson
- Heavrin
- Miles
- Tate
- Bojanowski
- Duvall
- Hodgson
- Moore
- Thomas
- Bowling
- Elliott
- Imes
- Moser
- Thompson
- Branscum
- Fister
- Jackson
- Neighbors
- Tipton
- Steve Bratcher
- Flannery
- Johnson
- Nemes
- Truett
- Bray
- Fleming
- King
- Osborne
- Upchurch
- Bridges
- Freeland
- Koch
- Payne
- Watkins
- Brown
- Fugate
- Kulkarni
- Petrie
- Wesley
- Burke
- Gentry
- Lehman
- Pollock
- Whitaker
- Callaway
- Gooch
- Lewis C
- Proctor
- White
- Camuel
- Gordon
- Derek Lewis
- Raymer
- Williams
- Chester-Burton
- Griffee
- Scott Lewis
- Riley
- Willner
- Clines
- Grossberg
- Lockett
- Roarx
- Wilson
- Decker
- Grossl
- Marzian
- Sharp
- Witten
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 15
YES: 78
- Aull
- Donworth
- Hancock
- Meade
- Stalker
- Baker
- Dossett
- Hart
- Meredith
- Tackett Laferty
- Banta
- Dotson
- Heavrin
- Miles
- Tate
- Bauman
- Duvall
- Hodgson
- Moore
- Thomas
- Bivens
- Elliott
- Thomas Huff
- Moser
- Thompson
- Blanton
- Fister
- Imes
- Neighbors
- Tipton
- Bojanowski
- Flannery
- Jackson
- Nemes
- Truett
- Bowling
- Fleming
- Johnson
- Payne
- Upchurch
- Branscum
- Freeland
- King
- Petrie
- Watkins
- Bray
- Fugate
- Koch
- Pollock
- Wesley
- Bridges
- Gentry
- Kulkarni
- Raymer
- Whitaker
- Brown
- Gooch
- Lehman
- Riley
- Williams
- Burke
- Gordon
- Lewis C
- Roarx
- Willner
- Chester-Burton
- Griffee
- Scott Lewis
- Sharp
- Wilson
- Clines
- Grossberg
- McCool
- Smith
- Witten
- Dietz
- Hale
- McPherson
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 22
Actions
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- delivered to Governor
- Mar 31, 2026 | Senate
- enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- received in Senate
- to Rules (S)
- taken from Rules
- posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- passed 35-1
- Mar 27, 2026 | House
- Conference Committee report adopted in House
- Free Conference Committee report filed in House
- posted for passage for consideration Free Conference Committee Report in House
- Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- passed 78-0
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Conference and Free Conference Committees appointed in House and Senate
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- received in House
- to Rules (H)
- taken from Rules
- posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- passed over and retained for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and House Floor Amendment (1)
- Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
- received in Senate
- to Rules (S)
- taken from Rules
- posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- passed over and retained for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- 3rd reading, passed 85-0 with Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2nd reading
- returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 1st reading
- returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- received in House
- to Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- 3rd reading
- floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- passed 36-0
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- floor amendment (1) filed
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- 2nd reading, to Rules
- posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- introduced in Senate
- to Committee on Committees (S)
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