Animals, Livestock, And Poultry
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging Kentucky’s colleges and universities to end the use of animals in wasteful government experiments. [SR-164]
Urge Kentucky’s colleges and universities to end the use of animals in wasteful government experiments; encourage institutions to provide data on animal research and testing within 90 days.
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Gettr Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cervids. [HB-700]
Amend KRS 150.740 and 257.550 to prohibit the export of a cervid carcass or wild cervid outside of a chronic wasting disease surveillance zone; prohibit the export of a captive cervid outside of a 10-mile radius of a chronic wasting disease positive captive cervid facility; establish exemptions to the movement of cervid parts; allow breeding of captive cervids inside the facility in which the cervid is housed; require that the chronic wasting disease surveillance zone remain disease free for a period of five years; exempt prior chronic wasting disease
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to keeping chickens on residential property. [HB-806]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "backyard chicken"; allow a person to keep six or fewer backyard chickens on residential property in cities; establish requirements.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to agriculture. [SB-238]
Amend KRS 247.4477 to add gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to ruffed grouse hunting. [HB-458]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "ruffed grouse"; establish the annual ruffed grouse hunting season and bag limits; require a person who has taken a ruffed grouse to report information relating to the taking to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources through its electronic or telephonic reporting system; amend KRS 150.990 to establish penalties.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to stray equines. [SB-121]
Amend KRS 259.120 to allow the county judge/executive to contract for the performance of specific duties required to be performed when an equine is subject to being taken up by a person or organization that provides animal sheltering services; require the contract to be approved by the county fiscal court; establish immunity from criminal and civil liability.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sale of dogs and cats. [SB-122]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define terms; prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs or cats unless the animal was obtained from an animal shelter or qualified breeder; prohibit retail pet shops from selling a dog or cat that is less than eight weeks old, or selling a dog or cat to anyone under the age of eighteen; prohibit local governments from passing ordinances that conflict with this Act; amend KRS 258.990 to establish a penalty for a violation.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal care. [SB-124]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order owner to pay cost of care for a seized animal; establish penalties; amend KRS 258.215 to require owners to be responsible for cost of care of an impounded animal; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to reduce the number of board appointees from each nominating organization from two to one; add one member to be
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cultured meat products. [HB-374]
Amend KRS 217.035 to remove meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue from the list of foods deemed misbranded; amend KRS 217.175 to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or exchange of meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state symbols. [HB-385]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT designating the state dog breed. [SB-114]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official state dog of Kentucky.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to eggs. [HB-365]
Amend KRS 260.550 to exempt producers who sell directly to consumers and do not exceed a sales limit of 240 dozen eggs per week from licensing requirements.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry. [HB-278]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to define "end consumer"; allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes. [HB-247]
Amend KRS 139.200, relating to the imposition of sales and use taxes on various types of property and services, to remove leisure, recreational, and athletic instructional services and recreational camp tuition and fees; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt electricity used for specified agricultural purposes from sales and use taxes; amend various other sections to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [HB-194]
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to allied animal health professional licenses. [SB-69]
Amend KRS 321.181 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 321 to establish new allied animal health professional licenses for equine dentistry and animal chiropractic practice; create the allied animal health professional advisory board; amend KRS 321.187 regarding retention of original patient records; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 to conform.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry. [HB-144]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal fighting. [SB-39]
Amend KRS 525.125 to define "animal fight" and remove the definition of "dog fight"; provide that a person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the first degree when he or she knowingly causes an animal to engage in an animal fight, participates in the organization or operation of an animal fight, is present at an animal fight, or allows a minor to attend an animal fight; provide that falconry authorized by a valid permit and hunting license shall not constitute a violation of this section; provide that cruelty to animals in the first degree is a
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to commercial dog breeding. [HB-651]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to create a commercial dog breeder; establish fees, conditions for issuance and revocation, and penalties; amend KRS 258.119 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board. [HB-621]
Amends KRS 247.140 to add the North American Championship Rodeo and the National Farm Machinery Show’s Championship Tractor Pull to the list of shows and expositions owned and operated by the State Fair Board.