republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-155.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to animal health emergencies and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 39A.020 to define "animal health emergency"; amend KRS 39A.100 to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with the state veterinarian, to declare an animal health emergency; grant the Commissioner of Agriculture emergency powers to order veterinary or veterinary technician services, request that the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet waive regulatory requirements relating to the transportation of animal feed stock or medicine; order the quarantine of any livestock, poultry, domesticated animal, article, or equipment serving as a vector of communicable disease; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish roadblocks with the assistance of state and local law enforcement and game wardens employed by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to prevent the transportation of animals, articles, or equipment ordered quarantined; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to purchase goods and services needed to stop the spread of the communicable disease without regard to the Model Procurement Code established in KRS Chapter 45A; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to request emergency assistance from any local government or special district, state agency, and the Governor in order to initiate any request for federal assistance.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 155	Kentucky SB 155 (2026RS)	bill	Agriculture Animals Livestock And Poultry Diseases Fish And Wildlife Governor Local Government Local Mandate Peace Officers And Law Enforcement Police State Public Protection Special Districts State Agencies Transportation Veterinarians	enacted	J. Carpenter	3	24	3	2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e174c60e-02fd-4bdf-8c7d-73a2c68df12a	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb155.html	1da49862c1e39a1e1eeacc9b7871821036f15b3ac495bd4ac46ad59e020bff2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 155 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to animal health emergencies and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 39A.020 to define "animal health emergency"; amend KRS 39A.100 to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with the state veterinarian, to declare an animal health emergency; grant the Commissioner of Agriculture emergency powers to order veterinary or veterinary technician services, request that the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet waive regulatory requirements relating to the transportation of animal feed stock or medicine; order the quarantine of any livestock, poultry, domesticated animal, article, or equipment serving as a vector of communicable disease; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish roadblocks with the assistance of state and local law enforcement and game wardens employed by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to prevent the transportation of animals, articles, or equipment ordered quarantined; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to purchase goods and services needed to stop the spread of the communicable disease without regard to the Model Procurement Code established in KRS Chapter 45A; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to request emergency assistance from any local government or special district, state agency, and the Governor in order to initiate any request for federal assistance.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 17 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 155 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 155 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) — 37–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Carpenter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-1 passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e174c60e-02fd-4bdf-8c7d-73a2c68df12a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).