HB612
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose a 4% state retail regulatory license fee on all alcoholic beverage sales to consumers by alcoholic beverage retailers; establish procedures and duties of retailers; establish KRS Chapter 243A and create new sections thereof to impose state wholesale regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages, state retail regulatory license fees on kratom, hemp-derived, and cannabinoid products, and penalties for violations; set out regulatory license fee…
Introduced: February 10, 2026
Last action: February 18, 2026
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This bill makes major changes to how Kentucky taxes and regulates the sale of alcohol, kratom, hemp, and cannabinoid products. It replaces existing alcohol excise and wholesale taxes with new regulatory license fees, sets rules for retailers and wholesalers, and updates what types of businesses can sell or serve alcohol and under what conditions. It also gives cities and counties new rules around their own local fees on alcohol sales and requires audits of how…
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