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Proposed Administrative Regulations

The administrative regulations are also available on the Legislative Research Commission’s website, at https://legislature.ky.gov/Law/kar/Pages/default.aspx

KAR #Summary
804 KAR 13 025EAuthorizes ABC to issue a provisional license to tobacco, nicotine and vapor product retailers who have applied for a license before Jan. 1, 2026.
KAR TitleFiling DateEmailProposed Administrative RegulationRegulatory Impact StatementAmended MIRPublic Comment Meeting Notice
Provisional License - 804 KAR 13 025E12/30/2025joshua.newton@ky.govRecently Filed Administrative Regulations and Amendments 
025E-Reulatory Impact Analysis and Tiering Statement 
KAR #Summary
804 KAR 13.011 KRS 438.305 to 438.350 impose penalties upon tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers who violate relevant statutory provisions or the department’s administrative regulations related to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products. These statutes also mandate that the department enforce penalties using an administrative hearing process in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, and that the department collect and report statistics relating to the illegal sale to persons under the age of twenty-one (21) of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products, and the enforcement of KRS 438.305 to 438.350
KAR TitleFiling DateEmailProposed Administrative RegulationRegulatory Impact StatementAmended MIRPublic Comment Meeting Notice
Tobacco nicotine and vapor product enforcement and administration 5/15/2026joshua.newton@ky.gov804 KAR 13.011 Tobacco nicotine and vapor product enforcement and administration 
Summary of Material Incorporated by Reference  
KAR #Summary
804 KAR 13.011E KRS 438.305 to 438.350 impose penalties upon tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers who violate relevant statutory provisions or the department’s administrative regulations related to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products. These statutes also mandate that the department enforce penalties using an administrative hearing process in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, and that the department collect and report statistics relating to the illegal sale to persons under the age of twenty-one (21) of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products, and the enforcement of KRS 438.305 to 438.350
KAR TitleFiling DateEmailProposed Administrative RegulationRegulatory Impact StatementAmended MIRPublic Comment Meeting Notice
Tobacco Nicotine and Vapor Product Enforcement and Administration5/15/2026joshua.newton@ky.gov804 KAR 13.011E Tobacco Enforcement and administration  
Statement of Emergency - 804 KAR 13.011E  
Summary of Materials Incorporated by Reference