AN ACT relating to hunter education. [SB-241]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Animals ]
Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt current and former members of the Armed Forces and certified peace officers from the live-fire component of the hunter education course.
SB-241: AN ACT relating to hunter education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 142) on 04/08/2022
Kent County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone [HB-1465]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Sports ]
Altering the size of the safety zone from 150 yards to 75 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings for archery hunters in Kent County within which archery hunting may not take place except under certain circumstances.
HB-1465: Kent County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2022
AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency. [HB-605]
[Animals ]
[Tourism ]
[Public Safety ]
[Sports ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Recreation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to conduct all procurements necessary for its performance pursuant to KRS Chapter 45A or pursuant to administrative regulations it promulgates; provide that the department's procurement procedures or administrative regulations be designed with the best interests of the Commonwealth, the department, and the public in mind; allow the department to conduct its own bidding and procurements or to utilize the services of the Finance and Administration Cabinet,
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HB-605: AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Introduced In House on 02/25/2022
AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency. [SB-217]
[Animals ]
[Tourism ]
[Recreation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to conduct all procurements necessary for its performance pursuant to KRS Chapter 45A; provide that upon approval of the commission, the commissioner shall be deemed the chief purchasing officer for the purposes of conducting procurements for the department; make all department personal service contracts, tax incentive agreements, and memoranda of agreement subject to review by the Government Contract Review Committee; require the department, upon approval
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SB-217: AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 197) on 04/13/2022
Natural Resources - Female Deer Hunting Contests - Authorization [HB-1452]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person, for the management of the deer population in the State, to sponsor, conduct, or participate in a contest in the State that has the objective of killing a female deer for monetary rewards.
AN ACT relating to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources conservation officers and declaring an emergency. [HB-572]
[Animals ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to establish qualification requirements, salary schedules, and rate structures for conservation officers employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and exempt them from the requirements of KRS Chapter 18A; establish years-of-service requirements for the salary schedules; establish terms and conditions for conservation officer promotions to sergeant, lieutenant, and captain; limit the number of supervisory officers to a ratio not to exceed one supervisor for every five nonsupervisory officers;
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HB-572: AN ACT relating to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources conservation officers and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 02/23/2022
Prohibition of Dredging on Man-O-War Shoals [SB-979]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from including the dredging of buried oyster shells on Man-O-War Shoals as part of a fishery management plan; and prohibiting the Department from dredging buried oyster shells on Man-O-War Shoals.
SB-979: Prohibition of Dredging on Man-O-War Shoals
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2022
Kent County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone [SB-982]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Sports ]
Altering the size of the safety zone from 150 yards to 75 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings for archery hunters in Kent County within which archery hunting may not take place except under certain circumstances.
SB-982: Kent County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/18/2022
Natural Resources - Hunting and Fishing Offenses - Expungement [SB-960]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Recreation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain criminal records based on a conviction for certain hunting or fishing offenses; and authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain administrative records for a conviction based on certain hunting offenses.
SB-960: Natural Resources - Hunting and Fishing Offenses - Expungement
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2022
Criminal Procedure - Hunting Offenses - Expungement [HB-1298]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain criminal records based on a conviction for certain hunting offenses.
Oysters – Tributary–Scale Sanctuaries [HB-1133]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
Repealing provisions of law that include the Manokin River Oyster Sanctuary in the network of tributary-scale oyster sanctuaries in the Chesapeake Bay and including the Severn River Oyster Sanctuary in the network.
HB-1133: Oysters – Tributary–Scale Sanctuaries
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
Anne Arundel County - Natural Resources - Fishing Gear [HB-1215]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Establishing that certain fishing gear restrictions applicable in certain Anne Arundel County waters apply only to commercial finfish harvesters; and authorizing a person to use archery equipment to commercially harvest finfish in certain Anne Arundel County waters.
HB-1215: Anne Arundel County - Natural Resources - Fishing Gear
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2022
Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase [HB-1217]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Increasing the amount of the inspection tax levied on marketable oysters shipped in the shell to any place outside the State from 30 cents to $1; increasing the amount of the severance tax levied on oysters caught within certain natural oyster bars from $1 to $2 per bushel; and requiring that $1 of the severance tax levied be distributed to certain county oyster committees for the repletion of natural oyster bars within the waters of the counties.
Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification [HB-1149]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Clarifying the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, adopt regulations governing any aspect of the shrimp fishery and establishing and implementing a pilot program related to fishing for shrimp.
HB-1149: Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 407 on 05/16/2022
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Revocation [HB-1310]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing, rather than requiring, the Department of Natural Resources to revoke a person's authorization to catch oysters if the Department finds or concludes that the person has knowingly committed one of certain offenses; and authorizing a person whose authorization to catch oysters is revoked under certain provisions of law to apply for reinstatement of the authorization after 5 years.
HB-1310: Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Revocation
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2022
Natural Resources - Offshore Blind Sites - Licensing Process [HB-1304]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
Altering the licensing process for offshore blind sites to require the Department of Natural Resources to review applications and issue licenses on a first-come, first-served basis; and requiring the Department to establish different licensing days for each county.
HB-1304: Natural Resources - Offshore Blind Sites - Licensing Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jacobs
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2022
Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects [HB-1201]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to include oyster repletion projects in a certain database; and requiring the Department to prioritize a supplemental environmental project involving certain oyster repletion projects for a party who is in violation of a certain effluent limitation or unpermitted discharge.
HB-1201: Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 412 on 05/16/2022
Sunday Hunting and Archery Hunting Safety Zones - Statewide Authorization and Establishment [HB-1279]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt on Sundays on private property statewide and any public land in the State designated for hunting by the Department; and establishing a uniform statewide safety zone for archery hunters.
HB-1279: Sunday Hunting and Archery Hunting Safety Zones - Statewide Authorization and Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/21/2022