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HB 356 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative.

Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2025, and others by August 1, 2026; set each program term to one year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationCreates youth agriculture program via university extension, enhancing educational opportunities for urban youth under Education subject85% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action Mar 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renamed from 'Urban Youth Agriculture Education' to 'Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative' and significantly expanded its scope to include agribusiness and consumer education. The pilot program start date was delayed from August 1, 2025 to September 1, 2025, with full implementation now scheduled for September 1, 2026 instead of August 1, 2026. The minimum age requirement for participants was lowered from six to five years old, and the land access requirement was removed entirely. The initiative's goals were broadened to include promoting agribusiness and creating informed agriculture consumers, not just teaching farming skills.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from focusing solely on farming education to include agribusiness, urban agriculture best practices, and consumer advocacy. The definition of 'farm land' was removed, eliminating the requirement for participants to have access to actual farmland.
DEFINITION

Renamed the initiative from 'Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative' to 'Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative'

SCOPE

Expanded program goals to include agribusiness promotion, urban agriculture best practices, and creating informed agriculture consumers

TIMELINE

Delayed pilot program start from August 1, 2025 to September 1, 2025, and full implementation from August 1, 2026 to September 1, 2026

ELIGIBILITY

Lowered minimum age requirement from six years to five years

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement that participants must have access to at least 0.01 acres of farm land

Changed guardian consent requirement to align with University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service youth protection policies

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

102–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 104
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican83
81 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Agriculture (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
to Agriculture (H)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.