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HB 437 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Summary
Amend KRS 241.090, relating to the police powers of state Alcoholic Beverage Control administrators and investigators, to provide that a state administrator shall not have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS 15.380 to 15.404; amend KRS 241.110, relating to the appointment of county Alcoholic Beverage Control administrators and investigators, to provide that a county investigator shall not have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS 15.380 to 15.404; amend KRS 241.170, relating to the appointment of city Alcoholic Beverage Control administrators and investigators, to provide that city administrators and investigators shall not have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS 15.380 to 15.404; amend KRS 241.230, relating to the appointment of urban-county Alcoholic Beverage Control administrators and investigators, to provide that urban-county administrators and investigators shall not have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS 15.380 to 15.404.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Signed Apr 1, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renamed from HB 437/EN to HB 437/EN and its title was shortened from 'alcoholic beverage control administrators and investigators' to simply 'alcoholic beverages'. The document page count increased from 5 to 9 pages, suggesting additional content was added. A new section was inserted regarding the jurisdiction of a city administrator appointed under a specific subsection, which appears to be a substantive addition to the bill's provisions.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include a new provision about city administrator jurisdiction, and the document was renumbered as an engrossed version with additional pages.
SCOPE

Bill title shortened from 'alcoholic beverage control administrators and investigators' to 'alcoholic beverages', broadening the focus beyond just administrators and investigators.

REQUIREMENT

New text added establishing that the jurisdiction of a city administrator appointed under a specific subsection shall be coextensive with certain boundaries (text appears incomplete in the diff).

TECHNICAL

Document metadata updated from 'Jacketed' version to 'Engrossed' version, with page count increasing from 5 to 9 pages and revision date updated from 2/28/2025 to 3/28/2025.

Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143)
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed 87-10
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
to Licensing & Occupations (S)
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 87-6
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.