Kentucky
General Assembly

01/06/10	introduced in Senate
01/07/10	to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
02/09/10	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
02/10/10	2nd reading, to Rules
02/11/10	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
02/16/10	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 17, 2010 floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
02/17/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/18/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/19/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/22/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day floor amendment (4) filed
02/23/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/24/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/25/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/26/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/01/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/02/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/03/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/04/10	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/05/10	taken from the Regular Orders of the Day recommitted to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
04/14/10	taken from Committee, placed in the Orders of the Day

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Delete original provisions to expand business authorized by a vintner license; change definition of "vintner" to exclude a small farm winery; amend KRS 243.030 to create license fee and category for vintner off-premises retail license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish eligibility and application process for a vintner license; require that a small farm winery applying for a vintner license retain all rights associated with its small farm winery license until results of affirmative local option election and issuance of vintner license; establish scope of business authorized by vintner license, including manufacture and bottling, tasting rooms, sell at retail, transport, and shipping; establish local option election requirements; allow vintner to hold restaurant wine license and malt beverage license under limited circumstances; permit a vintner to hold one or more off-premises retail license; require wholesaler to permit vintner to deliver wine from winery proper to portion of winery used for retail sales; require all direct shipments to be invoiced from vintner to wholesaler and from wholesaler to vintner for tax purposes; amend KRS 243.120 and 244.240 to conform.
Index Headings	Alcoholic Beverages - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Fees - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Licensing - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Small Business - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Wines and Wineries - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Thayer
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Alcoholic Beverages - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Fees - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Licensing - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Small Business - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Wines and Wineries - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Thayer
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend the definition of a "vintner" to limit annual wine production to 250,000 gallons.
Index Headings	Alcoholic Beverages - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Fees - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Licensing - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Small Business - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Wines and Wineries - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	D. Thayer
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Alcoholic Beverages - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Fees - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Licensing - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Small Business - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Wines and Wineries - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	D. Thayer
Summary	Retain original provisions except change "vintner" to "farm vintner" throughout; create license category and establish fee amounts for "farm vintner license" and "farm vintner off-premises retail license"; define "farm vintner" as a winery producing wines in excess of 50,000 gallons but not more than 250,000 gallons; change the certifying authority of results from a local option election from the Secretary of State to the county/judge executive; delete Sections 5 and 6.
Index Headings	Alcoholic Beverages - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Fees - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Licensing - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Small Business - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Wines and Wineries - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	D. Thayer
Summary	Retain original provisions except limit production to 100,000 gallons; remove all retail and shipping privileges for a medium farm winery, including off-premises retail sites, restaurant wine license and retail malt beverage license; permit a medium farm winery to sell wine to wholesale license holders and small farm winery license holders; permit small farm wineries to sell wine produced by a medium farm winery at retail; allow the holder of a small farm winery license to also hold a medium farm winery license; authorize a medium farm winery to have its licensed premises on the licensed premise of a small farm winery; amend KRS 243.882 and 243.884 to conform.
Index Headings	Alcoholic Beverages - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Fees - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Licensing - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Small Business - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate Wines and Wineries - Medium farm winery, create license category and regulate