Kentucky Senate Bill 217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-13 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 197)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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 of the commission, to conduct its own bidding and procurement; amend KRS 150.021 to provide that the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources be attached administratively to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet only for those limited functions and purposes expressly requested by the department; remove language making the powers conferred to the department by KRS Chapters 150 and 235 subject to KRS Chapters 42, 45, 45A, 56, and 64; require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to transfer to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources copies of all records, files, and documents associated with functions that the cabinet no longer performs for the department; exempt the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from reorganization under KRS Chapter 12; amend KRS 150.022 to change references from wildlife districts to commission districts; make commission members' terms end on December 31 of the fourth calendar year following their appointments and until their successors are duly appointed and confirmed by the Senate; require that a member serve no more than two full terms, excluding any partial terms that a member may serve; require that a candidate to be a commission member have held hunting and fishing licenses for the previous five consecutive years; require that an appointment to the commission to replace a member whose term has expired be made no later than January 20 of the year following the year in which the term expired; amend KRS 150.061 to make the commissioner the appointing authority for the department for the purposes of KRS Chapter 18A and to conform; amend KRS 235.030 to provide that the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources be attached administratively to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet only for those limited functions and purposes expressly requested by the department; amend KRS 45A.030, 150.0241, 235.010, and 235.130 to conform.

AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency.

Sen. Robin Webb [D]

2022-04-13 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 547 (Y: 69 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2022-04-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2340 (Y: 29 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-30 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 515 (Y: 62 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 15) [PASS]
2022-03-11 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa1 scta1 RSN# 2115 (Y: 28 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-13	House	delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 197)
2022-04-13	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2022-04-13	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2022-04-13	House	received in Senate
2022-04-13	Senate	passed 69-24
2022-04-13	Senate	veto overridden
2022-04-13	Senate	posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2022-04-13	Senate	taken from Rules
2022-04-13	Senate	to Rules (H)
2022-04-13	Senate	received in House
2022-04-13	House	passed 29-8
2022-04-13	House	veto overridden
2022-04-13	House	posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2022-04-13	House	to Rules (S)
2022-04-13	House	received in Senate
2022-04-06	Senate	Vetoed
2022-03-30	Senate	delivered to Governor
2022-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2022-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2022-03-30	Senate	received in Senate
2022-03-30	House	3rd reading, passed 62-23
2022-03-25	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
2022-03-25	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-03-24	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2022-03-23	House	to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
2022-03-14	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-03-14	House	received in House
2022-03-11	Senate	3rd reading, passed 28 - 2 with Committee Substitute (1) Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2022-03-10	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2022-03-10	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2022-03-09	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 10, 2022
2022-03-09	Senate	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2022-03-08	Senate	returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2022-03-08	Senate	1st reading
2022-03-08	Senate	taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2022-02-28	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2022-02-24	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-02-24	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb217.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb217/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb217/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0197.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/SB217/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/SB217/SCA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/SB217/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/SB217/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/SB217/HCA1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb217/vote_history.pdf