All Agriculture Legislation - Kentucky
HR281
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Authorize the Task Force on Animal Agriculture through November 30, 2008. Comment on Bill Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Reauthorize the Tobacco Task Force to help resolve the problems facing the tobacco industry in the state. SR253
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Rules (S); posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; adopted 38-0 Bill Text Reappoint H.H. Barlow to the Agricultural Development Board through July 6, 2011. SR250
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Rules (S); posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; adopted 38-0 Bill Text Reappoint Donna M. Amburgey to the Agricultural Development Board through July 6, 2011. SR249
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Rules (S); posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; adopted 38-0 Bill Text Appoint C. Richard Warner to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2011. Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Request the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources to study the impacts of cloned meat, dairy, and poultry on agriculture and the food supply system. SR207
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Taken from committee Agriculture & Natural Resources (S); laid on clerk's desk Bill Text Urge the Commerce Cabinet and Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and Subcommittee on Horse Farming on trail riding opportunities on state public lands. Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor Kentucky's 4-H members as they participate in "4-H: A Capitol Experience." SR199
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize Kentucky's 4-H members as they participate in "4-H: A Capitol Experience." SR21
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Otto Wilson Goff. HB761
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Economic Development (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 154.010 to include aquaculture in the definition of eligible project. HB727
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to specify duties of Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to grant Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.120 to update section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the subject to theft; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to make theft of timber a Class D felony regardless [...] show full description HB717
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151 to define "fees-in-lieu," hydrologic unit code," "mitigation organization," "mitigation," "restoration," "riparian," "Section 404 permit," "watershed," "USACE" and "2020 water management planning council"; require restoration and mitigation planning to be on a watershed basis; grant permissive authority for the creation of seven-member Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities for each watershed in the Commonwealth; specify the function and powers of the Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities; allow 2020 water management planning councils to contact water service coordinators to request assistance with establishing authorities and nominate members; require members of the authority to serve ex officio on 2020 water management planning councils; attach the authorities to the Department for Natural Resources; vest authorities with public stewardship responsibility over the watershed's water resources and riparian environments; require authorities [...] show full description HB713
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 253.010 by deleting definition of "animal"; make technical corrections to subsequent sections of KRS Chapter 253. SB242
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 117) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 252 to establish the Kentucky beekeeping fund in the Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 252.190 to set out departmental regulatory duties. SB228
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House Bill Text Amend KRS 186.050 to establish a voluntary contribution of $10 for motor vehicles being registered as farm trucks; require the proceeds of the contribution to be deposited into an agricultural program trust fund; require proceeds and interest from the trust fund to be used for agricultural programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; permit the person registering the motor vehicle to opt out of the voluntary contribution. SB206
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 258.117 to add two members nominated by the Humane Society of the United States to the Animal Control Advisory Board. Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 11.170 to change the functions of the Kentucky Agriculture Resources Development Authority (KARDA); reduce the membership of KARDA from 27 to 21 members; change the makeup of the membership. SB203
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116) Bill Text Amend KRS 247.232 to amend the definitions of "amusement attraction" and "owner"; amend KRS 247.234 to require owners of amusement rides and attractions to complete an application for a business identification number, conduct pre-opening inspections and tests of amusement rides and attractions each day the ride or attraction is to be operated, and maintain records of the inspections and tests; allow the Commissioner to revoke the business identification number of any owner who fails to conduct the inspections and tests; amend KRS 247.236 to prohibit amusement rides and attractions from being operated if an owner knows the operation would be unsafe; prohibit anyone who is under the influence of alcohol or other substance or who is younger than 18 from operating an amusement ride or attraction; allow an owner or operator to deny a person from getting on an amusement ride or attraction if the owner or operator has reason to believe that person may jeopardize his safety or others' safety; create [...] show full description SB196
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 148.795 to define certain terms related to the operation of the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority; to expand the membership of the authority with representation from the Kentucky Motorcycle Association, League of Kentucky Sportsmen, Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts, ATV association representatives, hiking or backpacking organizations, Kentucky Horse Council, and others; authorize the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority and other governmental entities to enter into recreational land use agreements through contractual arrangements establishing allowable purposes; establish provisions that these recreational land use agreements do not ensure certain privileges or rights; allow governmental entities to construct, improve, renovate, finance or otherwise provide for recreational activities and facilities on designated public and private lands where owners have entered into land use agreements with the authority or a governmental entity; provide for establishment [...] show full description SC167
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create the Task Force on Cloned Meat, Dairy, and Poultry Products; establish duties of the task force; set membership. HB631
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to create a definition for "timber"; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to penalize theft of timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.110 relating to receiving stolen property, to penalize possession of stolen timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.130 relating to seizure and forfeiture of property used in theft offenses to add "heavy equipment." HB630
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246.650 to 246.660 to allow conservation officers and other peace officers to help enforce the ginseng laws; establish a Kentucky ginseng fund; amend KRS 246.650 to define "ginseng," "wild American ginseng," "wild simulated ginseng," "cultivated ginseng," "device," and "ginseng dealer"; amend KRS 246.660 to describe how the department shall administer a ginseng program, including requiring the department to establish licensing requirements for wild American ginseng and wild simulated ginseng; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a set of administrative violations and civil penalties; require the department to establish a procedure for suspending or revoking licenses or certificates; amend KRS 246.990 to establish penalties for violating the ginseng laws. HB626
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 154) Bill Text Amend KRS 45A.645 and KRS 148.830 to include references to the Kentucky Proud Program; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 260.015 to establish a Kentucky Proud Program; restrict the use of the logo and labeling statements; allow grants-in-aid for eligible participants; allow fees to be charged for certain participants; create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to define "agricultural product" and "Kentucky-grown agricultural product"; create a Kentucky Proud Advisory Council and describe its membership and duties; create a Kentucky Proud promotion fund and describe the uses of the fund; make technical corrections. HB623
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to create a Kentucky Milk Commission; describe the duties of the commission; describe the requirements of any recommended milk price regulation systems or assessments; require processors to keep records; create a Dairy Industry Fund; activate the commission only upon the receipt of sufficient funds to carry out the purposes of the Act. SB184
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to create a Kentucky Milk Commission; describe the duties of the commission; describe the requirements of any recommended milk price regulation systems or assessments; require processors to keep records; create a Dairy Industry Fund; activate the commission only upon the receipt of sufficient funds to carry out the purposes of the Act. HJ153
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Direct the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority to conduct a study of ways to increase adventure tourism and responsible all terrain vehicle (ATV) ridership and reduce ATV trespassing; submit report and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 15, 2008. SB171
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to create a definition for "timber"; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to penalize theft of timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.110 relating to receiving stolen property, to penalize possession of stolen timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.130 relating to seizure and forfeiture of property used in theft offenses to add "heavy equipment." HJ130
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 133) Bill Text Direct the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to coordinate a study on Kentucky's deer population; establish study parameters and set forth those individuals and entities from whom input shall be solicited; provide that findings and recommendations shall be presented to the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources by November 30, 2008. Latest Action: 03/21/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text Amend KRS 251.620 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 251.650 to pay a per diem of $50 and expenses per meeting to board members; amend KRS 251.720 to establish guidelines that must be met for persons purchasing grain valued at more than one million dollars within a calendar month; make technical corrections. Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 257.497 to establish limitations and guidelines relating to the national animal identification program. HB489
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; require marking of cut timber prior to removal from property; specify duties of the Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; require a timber buyer to provide an accurate manifest of cut timber transported from the property; grant the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.110 relating to defacing timber brand to add a provision relating to timber branded pursuant to this act; amend KRS 364.120 to update a section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of this act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the [...] show full description HB482
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 246.250 to define "registered cattle," "pen sale cattle," "market animals," and "AOB"; update lists of cattle breeds eligible for premium and advertising funding; describe how AOBs can be funded; establish criteria for cattle breeds to be eligible for funding; require that the department promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the section. HB484
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 164A.575 to require governing boards of public postsecondary institutions to purchase Kentucky-grown agricultural products in accordance with KRS 45A.645 if the institutions purchase agricultural products. HB474
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 438.313 to prohibit a person from purchasing on behalf of or giving tobacco products and cigarettes to persons under 18 years of age; establish a fine of $500 to $1000 for violations; amend 438.315 to prohibit a vending machine containing tobacco products to sell nontobacco products, except for matches. Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Floor amendment (3) filed Bill Text Amend KRS 257.010 to define "abandon," "reportable," "communicable disease," and "livestock"; amend KRS 257.020 to add poultry, fish, and animal industries to Board of Agriculture's enforcement duties; amend KRS 257.030 to denote scope of agency cooperation; clarify state veterinarian's powers in animal confinement and transport; amend KRS 257.040 to prohibit possession or transportation of an animal with a reportable disease; amend KRS 257.050 to include poultry and fish in quarantine violation prohibition; amend KRS 257.060 and 257.070 to clarify permit requirement for diseased animals brought into state and establish the board's jurisdiction in removing quarantined animals from state; amend KRS 257.080 to add a laboratory to those subject to diseased animal reporting requirements and require department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding reportable diseases; amend KRS 257.100 to give a board agent the power to destroy an animal; amend KRS 257.105 to add identification [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor Kentucky's farmers by recognizing February 6, 2008, as Food Checkout Day. SR84
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor Kentucky's farmers by recognizing February 6, 2008, as Food Checkout Day. HR85
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize and honor the Kentucky State Fair. Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 34) Bill Text Amend KRS 363.330 to define "director"; require the registration of weights and measure servicemen and service agencies; require servicemen and service agencies to provide proof that they are qualified to service weighing and measuring devices; increase the annual fee of servicemen from $10 to $20; increase the annual fee of service agencies from $25 to $50; allow the director to require competency testing of service individuals if the director deems it necessary; allow the director to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 363.520 to update the name of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; amend KRS 363.590 to conform; make technical corrections. Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 163) Bill Text Reauthorize the Kentucky Aquaculture Task Force; set forth membership duties. HB347
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Agriculture & Small Business (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "poultry feeding operation"; establish poultry house distance from schools and other facilities; allow exemptions. HB333
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 321 to establish a student loan forgiveness program for Kentucky residents who agree to serve as a veterinarian in large or mixed animal practice in an underserved area in Kentucky; establish loan forgiveness caps; establish eligibility requirements for loan forgiveness; create a Veterinary Student Loan Forgiveness Committee and establish duties of the committee; APPROPRIATION. HB329
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) Bill Text Amend KRS 321.181 to amend the definition of "indirect supervision"; amend KRS 321.200 to allow persons authorized by owners of animals to treat the owner's animals, including administering drugs, castrating, and dehorning; amend KRS 321.443 to allow veterinary assistants to only work under the direct supervision of a veterinarian. Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 258.095 to amend the definition of "Animal shelter"; amend KRS 258.195 to delete the language requiring animal shelters to meet minimum standards by July 13, 2004; create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require all animal shelters to meet minimum standards within one year of the effective date of the Act, to require animal shelters to register with the County Judge-Executive of the county in which the shelter is located, and to require all animal shelters to report the possession of any stray, unwanted, or abandoned animals to the primary animal shelter in the county. Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 262.850 to define "Agricultural land," "Agriculture," "Horticulture," "Aquaculture," "Livestock," and "Poultry"; include local Comprehensive Plans and 401 Facilities Plans when considering the formation of an agricultural district; require agricultural land to be used for agriculture for at least one year before being eligible to be in an agricultural district; require agricultural districts of less than 10 acres to have annual reviews and to comply with any necessary conservation plans; require the board to inform all members of agricultural districts that they must comply with KRS Chapter 132 in order to get an agricultural assessment on their property; make technical corrections. HB245
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text Create an new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate the Kentucky Wine and Vine Festival in Nicholasville, Kentucky, as the official state wine festival. HB128
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 260.540 to expand the definition of "specialty egg products"; amend KRS 260.550 to elaborate on the circumstances in a "stop order" and "withdraw from sale order"; amend KRS 260.570 to make technical change; amend KRS 260.610 to specify retail carton removal conditions and allow submission of an existing emergency recall plan; amend KRS 260.630 to set out wholesale and retail labeling requirements; amend KRS 260.640 to delete language incorporated into other sections of KRS Chapter 260; amend KRS 260.990, relating to penalties. HB39
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Text Create new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require spaying or neutering of dogs and cats as a prerequisite to release from a releasing agency; define "releasing agency" and "veterinarian"; mandate spaying or neutering prior to release of a dog or cat; allow for exceptions related to health and maturity, rightful ownership, and use of cooperative agreements; declare that no local spay-neuter ordinance shall be superseded. HB99
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS 363.510 to 363.850 to allow the promulgation of regulations relating to tobacco moisture testing devices; amend KRS 363.510 to include instruments to measure internal moisture or density of unprocessed bulk tobacco in the definition of "weights and measures." SB54
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Create new subchapter of KRS Chapter 224 to provide for a limited sand and gravel permit for extraction operations of under one acre conducted by the property owner. HB82
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217C to define "producer", to require permits to sell unpasteurized goat milk or goat milk products, to require that sales records be kept, to require sampling and testing of unpasteurized goat milk and goat milk products and establish criteria that must be met, to establish sanitary guidelines for milking areas, to establish sanitary guidelines for dairy goats, to require warning labels on containers of unpasteurized goat milk and goat milk products, and to prohibit local governments from enacting legislation relating to unpasteurized goat milk or goat milk products. Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Labor & Industry (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to require a state agency, board, or commission that issues a license, credential, or permit that is a prerequisite to a person engaging in an occupation or business to refuse to issue or suspend the license, credential, or permit of a person who hires an unauthorized alien; require that the license be denied or suspended six months for each unauthorized alien employed; require the Department of Labor to promulgate regulations to provide for the uniform enforcement of this Act. SB58
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 136) Bill Text Amend KRS 528.135 relating to torture of dog or cat, to provide that the first offense, as well as subsequent offenses, is Class D felony. Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Text Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases, and prohibit ownership and possession of animals of the same species for two years; establish penalties for violations; allow exception under KRS 525.130 for livestock and poultry used in the business of agriculture. Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken from committee Judiciary (S); 2nd reading; returned to Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 262.918 to require proceeds from donated easements after the easement is terminated to be paid to the donor or the donor's legal heirs at law. HB98
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 247 to define "agricultural facility," "agricultural product," and "agroterrorism"; impose penalties for committing agroterrorism; amend KRS 500.080 to define "agricultural facility," "agricultural product," and "agroterrorism"; amend KRS 512.010, 513.010, 513.060, and 527.205 to conform; repeal KRS 437.410, 437.415, 437.420, and 437.429. HB87
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend 2006 Kentucky Acts Chapter 252, Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement, B. Agricultural Development Appropriations General Fund - Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funds, 1. General Government, a. Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy to provide and make available $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for drought assistance for farmers; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. SB53
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 260.540 to expand the definition of "specialty egg products"; amend KRS 260.550 to elaborate on the circumstances in a "stop order" and "withdraw from sale order"; amend KRS 260.570 to make technical change; amend KRS 260.610 to specify retail carton removal conditions and allow submission of an existing emergency recall plan; amend KRS 260.630 to set out wholesale and retail labeling requirements; amend KRS 260.640 to delete language incorporated into other sections of KRS Chapter 260; amend KRS 260.990, relating to penalties. HB131
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS Sections 247.6901 to 247.6957 to allow sheep and goat producers to conduct referendums to vote on whether or not to levy assessments on the sale of their animals; to define "Association", "Caprine", and "Ovine"; to establish a Kentucky Sheep and Goat Council; to allow the council to determine how assessment funds shall be disbursed; to establish how assessments may be terminated; make technical corrections to conform. |
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