---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife. Amend KRS 150.390 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to undertake measures if deer and elk pose a significant risk to human safety from automobile accidents; identify permissive measures for the department to implement including special hunts and issuance of more tags."
description: "AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife. Amend KRS 150.390 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to undertake measures if deer and elk pose a significant risk to human safety from automobile accidents; identify permissive measures for the department to implement including special hunts and issuance of more tags."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Kentucky SB 83 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2c9aa18-9a53-4c26-a52a-83220a02d98f"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB83.htm"
source_hash: "720d935dc5768e2c59c1acaf37eb7fd7e0813c2b3384db5b15ece99761c5090a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 83 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife. Amend KRS 150.390 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to undertake measures if deer and elk pose a significant risk to human safety from automobile accidents; identify permissive measures for the department to implement including special hunts and issuance of more tags.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB83/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 83 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB83/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB83/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-01-07** To Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** Returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2017-02-28** Taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** Returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill
- **2017-03-02** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received in House
- **2017-03-06** To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2017-03-07** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-08** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 88-5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 124) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2c9aa18-9a53-4c26-a52a-83220a02d98f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).