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HB639 • 2026

AN ACT relating to poultry.

AN ACT relating to poultry.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
J. Bray
Last action
2026-02-20
Official status
02/20/26: to Agriculture (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to poultry.

AN ACT relating to poultry.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to poultry.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-20 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Agriculture (H)

  2. 2026-02-12 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to poultry.

Current Bill Text

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 1085
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AN ACT relating to poultry. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 217.005 TO 217.215 IS CREATED 3
TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) For the purposes of this section, "end consumer" means a person who is the last 5
person to purchase any food product and who does not resell the food product. 6
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the secretary shall 7
promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to: 8
(a) Exclude slaughtering and processing of poultry on a farm for the purpose 9
of conducting sales under 9 C.F.R. s ec. 381.10 if the slaughtered and 10
processed poultry or poultry products are sold to an end consumer on a 11
farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand; 12
(b) Require that poultry or poultry products processed under this section that 13
are sold on a farm be refrigerated at the point of sale and labeled in 14
compliance with the requirements of 9 C.F.R. sec. 381.10; and 15
(c) Require that poultry or poultry products pro cessed under this section that 16
are sold at a farmers market or at a roadside stand be frozen at the point of 17
sale and labeled in compliance with the requirements of 9 C.F.R. sec. 18
381.10. 19
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a lo cal 20
governmental agency shall not require any additional certification or inspection 21
of poultry or poultry products of a farmer acting in compliance with the 22
administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. 23