Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB9: AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, April 14, 2026
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KRS 241.010 to define "state or national conference" and redefine "alcoholic beverages"; amend KRS 241.069 to delete outdated language; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to establish state license fees for new and existing license types; limit licensee discipline to only the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 Publ
What the bill says
An act relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 138 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this (b) "Alcoholic beverage retailer" or "retailer" means a person who sells any alcoholic beverage to a consumer in Kentucky for any purpose, 2. At premises as defined in Section 6 of this Act in Kentucky; 3. To a consumer at a Kentucky address by a direct shipper; 4. By any other direct-to-consumer seller; or 5. To a consumer through any other approved location or method authorized by law; (c) "Cannabis-infused beverage" has the same meaning as in Section 6 of this Act; (d) "Direct shipper" means a direct shipper licensed under KRS 243.027; (e) "Gross receipts": 1. Means the total amount or consideration, including cash, credit, property, and services, for which alcoholic beverages or cannabisinfused beverages are sold, valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, without any deduction for any of the following: a. The alcoholic beverage retailer's cost of the alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages; b. Charges by the retailer for any services necessary to complete the sale; and c. Delivery charges by the retailer for the preparation and delivery HB000930.100 - 323 - XXXX …
Sponsors
- Jason Petrie (R, HD-016) · primary sponsor
- Matthew Koch (R, HD-072)
- David Osborne (R, HD-059)
Latest actions
- : floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
- : returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- : 2nd reading
- : taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- : returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- : to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 228 (March 10, 2026): 63 yea, 31 nay, passed
Subjects: Wine And Wineries, Effective Dates, Emergency, Sunset Legislation, Malt Beverages, Fees, Drugs And Medicines, Trade Practices And Retailing, Taxation, Sales And Use
Common questions
- What is HB9?
- HB9 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB9 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB9?
- In committee as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9?
- Jason Petrie (R, HD-016), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB9?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb9.html
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