SB109
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Amend KRS 243.033 to modify alcoholic beverage caterer duties and privileges; remove caterer Sunday sales restrictions; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from imposing or attempting to enforce minimum customer thresholds or maximum event limits for caterers; amend KRS 243.090 to require the department to approve or deny a license application within 45 days after receipt of the application; amend KRS 438.3061, 438.3063, 438.3065, 438.3067, 438.3069, 438.310, 438.312, 438.316, and 438.337 to delay the retailer tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product license requirement until February 1, 2027; make the delay RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
Introduced: January 20, 2026
Last action: January 22, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill makes several changes to Kentucky's rules on alcohol catering and tobacco retail licensing. It removes Sunday sales restrictions for alcohol caterers, bars the state from setting minimum customer or maximum event limits on caterers, requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to act on license applications within 45 days, and delays a new licensing requirement for tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product retailers until February 1, 2027, with that delay applying retroactively to January…
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