---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 150.170 to require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to issue a minimum of 5 deer destruction permits to any landowner, spouse, dependent child, or their designee whose lands or personal property have been damaged by wildlife; establish provisions for the renewal of deer destruction permits; require the department to issue a deer permit for the taking of 1 additional antlered deer during a hunting season to any requesting individual; amend KRS 150.390 to allow any licensed or permitted person to take antlerless deer for a period of 10 days following the conclusion of a muzzle-loading gun season; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Kentucky HB 142 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fish And Wildlife", "Hunting And Fishing", "Land Use", "Landlord And Tenant", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "M. Dossett", "M. Pollock", "R. Bivens", "S. McPherson", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69aa2db4-0744-4c1f-ac54-f507b184192a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb142.html"
source_hash: "93834c751f2e9e601fc3b11cfcb58dbe90233069273ca8d14ac5b0acb27721cd"
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 HB 142 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 150.170 to require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to issue a minimum of 5 deer destruction permits to any landowner, spouse, dependent child, or their designee whose lands or personal property have been damaged by wildlife; establish provisions for the renewal of deer destruction permits; require the department to issue a deer permit for the taking of 1 additional antlered deer during a hunting season to any requesting individual; amend KRS 150.390 to allow any licensed or permitted person to take antlerless deer for a period of 10 days following the conclusion of a muzzle-loading gun season; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb142/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0174.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb142/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 142 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 142 — **30–6** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **81–7** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **78–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- R. Bivens — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-16 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 81-7 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 86-11 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69aa2db4-0744-4c1f-ac54-f507b184192a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).