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HB 704KENTUCKYSession 2026RSState Billdead
Did Not Advance

Kentucky House Bill 704 updates vintage distilled spirits purchase limits, reporting rules, and statutory definitions

Original title: AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Last action · March 3, 2026: to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)Sponsor: Stephanie Dietz

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What This Bill Proposed

Kentucky House Bill 704 modifies regulations on s by adjusting purchase limits to 24 packages per 12-month period for sellers and licensees, establishing monthly reporting requirements, and updating statutory definitions for alcoholic beverages.

Why it matters

Licensed retailers and vintage sellers face new monthly reporting mandates, purchase caps of 24 packages per year unless granted an exception for entire collections, and specific fine structures ranging from $500 to $5,000 for sellers violating statutory limits.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

vintage distilled spirits licensees

Must submit monthly purchase reports, adhere to purchase caps, purchase in person, and affix mandatory warning stickers to bottles.

Directly affected

vintage distilled spirits sellers

Subject to sales caps of 24 packages per year per licensee and specific tiered fine penalties for statutory violations.

Directly affected

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and receiving monthly reports and reviewing exception requests from licensees.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What information must a vintage distilled spirits licensee include in their monthly report?
The monthly report must include the number of packages purchased in the past 30 days matched to individuals, purchase dates, seller names, addresses, and phone numbers, brand names, package sizes, whether packages formed an exempt entire collection, and past purchase counts from the same individual.
What is the purchase limit for vintage distilled spirits between a seller and a licensee?
Except for approved collection exceptions of 25 or more packages, a licensee cannot purchase more than 24 packages from a single seller in any 12-month period, and a seller cannot sell more than 24 packages to any licensee or combination of licensees in that timeframe.
What penalties does a vintage distilled spirits seller face for violating sales limits?
A seller who violates the sales limits faces a $500 fine for a first offense, a $2,500 fine for a second offense, and a $5,000 fine for the third and each subsequent offense.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

3 actions
  1. Mar 3, 2026HouseCommittee
    to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
  2. Mar 2, 2026HouseCommittee
    to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
  3. Feb 23, 2026HouseIntroduced
    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

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Sponsors

Stephanie DietzHouse · District 65RepublicanPrimary sponsor

Connected Entities

General Assembly, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Urban Studies Center of the University of Louisville and 2 more
OrganizationGeneral Assembly“Enacting body of the Commonwealth of Kentucky”Map →
OrganizationDepartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control“Maintains reports and receives requests for exceptions from vintage distilled sp”Map →
OrganizationUrban Studies Center of the University of Louisville“Located in Louisville, Kentucky”Map →
OrganizationKentucky State Data Center“Prepares yearly population estimates”Map →
OrganizationState Alcoholic Beverage Control Board“Created by KRS 241.030”Map →

Sources

Open source document

apps.legislature.ky.gov

Analysis Score

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  • Controversy15
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