AN ACT relating to timber theft. Amend KRS 364.130 to specify that a person, regardless of state of mind or whether the person believes to be authorized or not, is liable for three times the stumpage value of the timber and three times the cost of any damages to property when he or she takes the timber of another without legal right or color of title.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2016
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Oct 4, 2016
Signed Mar 21, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 66)
legislature
Mar 8, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill passed 37-0
legislature
Mar 8, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Senate concurred in House floor amendment (2)
legislature
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced
Posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (2) for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
legislature
Mar 8, 2017
Committee
To Rules (S)
legislature
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (2) filed
legislature
Feb 24, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (1) filed
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Committee
To Agriculture (H)
legislature
Jan 7, 2017
Committee
To Agriculture (S)
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
legislature
Oct 4, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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