Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB142: AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.
Status: Chaptered, April 14, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 150.170 is amended to read as follows: (1) Except as provided in the following subsections of this section, and subject to administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, no person, resident, or nonresident shall do any act authorized by any kind of license or permit or assist in any way any person in doing any act provided for in this chapter with respect to wildlife unless he or she holds the kind of license or permit, resident or nonresident, that authorizes the act. It shall be the specific purpose of this chapter to prohibit the taking or pursuing of any wildlife, protected or unprotected, or the fishing in any stream or body of water whether public or private, without first procuring the license provided for in KRS 150.175, except to the extent as may be otherwise provided in this section. (2) A person under sixteen (16) years of age may, without a sport fishing license, take fish by angling, or take minnows by the use of a minnow seine, minnow trap, or dip net. (3) A person under twelve (12) years of age shall be exempt from being required to obtain a sport hunting or sport …
Sponsors
- Michael Pollock (R, HD-051) · primary sponsor
- Myron Dossett (R, HD-009)
- Ryan Bivens (R, HD-024)
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
- Shawn McPherson (R, HD-022)
- Steven Rudy (R, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174)
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 30-6
- : posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
- : passed 86-11
- : veto overridden
- : posted for consideration of Governor's veto
Votes
- Senate: OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 142 RSN# 4166 (April 14, 2026): 30 yea, 6 nay, passed
- House: Veto Override RCS# 460 (April 14, 2026): 86 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Senate: Floor Vote (SCS 1) RSN# 4041 (March 31, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Final Passage RCS# 395 (March 31, 2026): 81 yea, 7 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 184 (March 3, 2026): 78 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Effective Dates, Emergency, Land Use, Hunting And Fishing, Fish And Wildlife, Landlord And Tenant, Agriculture
Common questions
- What is HB142?
- HB142 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB142 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB142?
- Chaptered as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB142?
- Michael Pollock (R, HD-051), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB142?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb142.html
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