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| Bill | 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. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 142 | Kentucky HB 142 (2026RS) |
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3 | 38 | 5 | 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 | 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/69aa2db4-0744-4c1f-ac54-f507b184192a | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb142.html | 93834c751f2e9e601fc3b11cfcb58dbe90233069273ca8d14ac5b0acb27721cd | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 174 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/69aa2db4-0744-4c1f-ac54-f507b184192a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).