| Last Action | signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 8) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to local option elections. | 
| Bill Documents | 
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| Bill Request Number | 428 | 
| Sponsors | T. Thompson, J. Glenn | 
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to exempt listed projects or districts from a precinct vote in favor of prohibition if the precinct is located either partially or entirely within a qualifying city; define a qualifying city as one with a total population of at least 12,000 within its municipal boundaries based on the most recent decennial census; exclude pre-existing entertainment destination centers, theme restaurant destination attraction projects, and districts of special interest from a precinct-level vote in favor of prohibition; limit exemption for districts of special interest to those districts that are designated as an entertainment district and that have a minimum city government investment of $5,000,000 in infrastructure or other public space; forbid changes to the boundaries of a district of special interest after the submission of a prohibition petition unless the resulting vote is against prohibition. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | 
                            Distilled Spirits - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  Elections and Voting - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Malt Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Wines and Wineries - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Alcoholic Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Cities - Precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  | 
            
| Proposed Amendments | 
                                Senate Floor Amendment 1  Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3  | 
                
| Votes | Vote History | 
| 02/05/13 | 
                    
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| 02/06/13 | 
                    
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| 02/08/13 | 
                    
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| 02/14/13 | 
                    
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| 02/15/13 | 
                    
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| 02/19/13 | 
                    
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| 02/21/13 | 
                    
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| 02/22/13 | 
                    
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| 02/26/13 | 
                    
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| 02/27/13 | 
                    
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| 02/28/13 | 
                    
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| 03/04/13 | 
                    
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| 03/14/13 | 
                    
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| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | J. Higdon | 
| Summary | Make title amendment. | 
| Index Headings | 
                            Distilled Spirits - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  Elections and Voting - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Malt Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Wines and Wineries - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Alcoholic Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Cities - Precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  | 
            
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 | 
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| Sponsor | J. Higdon | 
| Summary | Retain original provisions; amend KRS 241.065 to remove the special retail package liquor license population ratio for counties containing a city of the first class; amend KRS 243.240 to create a retail package liquor license population ratio of one license for every 3,000 people in each county where the license may be issued; base county population on the number given in the U.S. Census or official census estimates; exempt pre-existing retail package liquor licenses from the new population ratio; require the surrender of an inactive pre-existing license if it has not been sold or transferred within one year from the date it became inactive; mandate inactive licensee compliance with KRS 243.540 and 243.630. | 
| Index Headings | 
                            Distilled Spirits - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  Elections and Voting - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Malt Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Wines and Wineries - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Alcoholic Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Cities - Precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  | 
            
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 | 
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| Sponsor | J. Higdon | 
| Summary | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to authorize the issuance of a motel drink license to an otherwise qualified hotel, motel, inn, or bed and breakfast establishment; allow the holder of a motel drink license to acquire a malt beverage retail drink license for the sale of malt beverages by the drink only and for consumption only at the licensed premises; define a bed and breakfast establishment; limit a bed and breakfast establishment to alcohol sales by the drink in conjunction with a meal served in a dining facility on its premises; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from denying or interfering with the motel drink license or related malt beverage retail drink license of a bed and breakfast establishment due to its number of sleeping units or dining facility seating capacity. | 
| Index Headings | 
                            Distilled Spirits - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  Elections and Voting - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Malt Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Wines and Wineries - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Alcoholic Beverages - City precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from Cities - Precinct vote in favor of prohibition, exempt listed projects or districts from  | 
            
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