KY HB491 | 2014 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 25 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-26 - to Agriculture (S)
Pending: Senate Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on March 25 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-26 - to Agriculture (S)
Pending: Senate Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 146 to establish a database of endangered or threatened plant species and prohibit any person from engaging in an activity which would threaten or harm the species; require the State Nature Preserves Commission to promulgate administrative regulations related to protecting endangered or threatened plant species; exempt ginseng and give permissive authority to exempt commercially propagated species from regulation by State Nature Preserves Commission; create a registry for people that sell endangered or threatened species; require those who sell endangered or threatened plant species to keep records for 2 years; create a certification for those propagating nursery stock of endangered or threatened plant species; prohibit state agencies from undertaking actions that would harms endangered or threatened plant species; exempt information concerning the location of endangered or threatened plant species from Open Records Act; amend KRS 146.605 to add definitions; amend KRS 146.990 to add a civil penalty of up to $500 for violation.
Title
AN ACT relating to rare plant protection.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-26 | Senate | to Agriculture (S) |
| 2014-03-25 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2014-03-24 | House | 3rd reading, passed 56-40 with Committee Substitute |
| 2014-03-21 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2014-03-21 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2014-03-20 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2014-03-19 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2014-03-17 | House | posted in committee |
| 2014-03-06 | House | reassigned to Agriculture & Small Business (H) |
| 2014-03-04 | House | to Natural Resources & Environment (H) |
| 2014-02-27 | House | introduced in House |
