republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-111.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to on-farm animal health.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 257 to allow the determination and implementation of an on-farm animal health care or animal health production practice to be made solely by a farmer and his or her veterinarian.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 111	Kentucky HB 111 (2026RS)	bill	Agriculture Animals Livestock And Poultry Veterinarians	enacted	B. Chester-Burton D. Elliott D. Fister D. Lewis G. Brown Jr. K. King R. Bivens	3	20	2	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fd719939-4cfd-4550-a3fc-c2fa64bea090	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb111.html	508ccd65d7db81f24b535030ddb44694a14f7a93f9ff77dad6d97d68fb84b078	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 111 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to on-farm animal health.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 257 to allow the determination and implementation of an on-farm animal health care or animal health production practice to be made solely by a farmer and his or her veterinarian.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 24 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 111 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• R. Bivens — 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
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 20 2026
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 24) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd719939-4cfd-4550-a3fc-c2fa64bea090. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).