Kentucky
General Assembly

02/19/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/25/25	to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
02/27/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
02/28/25	2nd reading, to Rules
03/06/25	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Corrections Impact to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 150.730 to allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to amend existing administrative regulations relating to fencing requirements for captive cervids; amend KRS 150.740 and 257.550 to provide exemptions for a cervid carcass; exempt a captive cervid facility with a buffer zone of at least 30 feet if the facility has not imported a cervid or cervid carcass from a chronic wasting disease positive facility and has no chronic wasting disease positive detections; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, chronic wasting disease, captive cervids Diseases - Chronic wasting disease, captive cervids, exemption Effective Dates, Emergency - Cervids, chronic wasting disease Fish and Wildlife - Captive cervids, chronic wasting disease, exemption Agriculture - Captive cervids, chronic wasting disease, exemption

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	K. King
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 700

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Bray
Summary	Retain original provisions, except to amend KRS 150.730 to restrict the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from adopting more stringent requirements for the fencing and holding of captive cervids; amend KRS 150.735 to require that a person holding captive cervids complies with a violation within fourteen days; amend KRS 150.740 to prohibit the export of a cervid carcass or wild cervid from a chronic wasting disease surveillance zone, require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to provide geo-coordinates to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture within 48hours of a chronic wasting disease positive detection, prohibit the export of a captive cervid outside of a captive cervid facility that has a chronic wasting disease positive detection within the facility or of a wild cervid within a 10 mile radius of the facility, set exemptions for a captive cervid facility that adhere to set fencing requirements, exempt a captive cervid carcass in transport to or from a certified diagnostic facility for the purpose of a necropsy examination from the export restriction; amend KRS 257.550 and 257.552 to conform.
Index Headings	Diseases - Chronic wasting disease, cervids, exemptions, enforcement Fish and Wildlife - Cervids, chronic wasting disease, exemptions, enforcement Agriculture - Captive cervids, chronic wasting disease, exemptions, enforcement