SB 121 Kentucky Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to stray equines.

Summary
Amend KRS 259.120 to allow the county judge/executive to contract for the performance of specific duties required to be performed when an equine is subject to being taken up by a person or organization that provides animal sheltering services; require the contract to be approved by the county fiscal court; establish immunity from criminal and civil liability.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill underwent technical formatting and numbering corrections during its legislative journey. The changes include updating the bill identifier from BR1366 to SB 121/GA, removing bracketed text that was likely placeholder language, and adjusting punctuation in documentation requirements. These are administrative improvements rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL

Updated bill identifier from BR1366 to SB 121/GA to reflect current legislative status

Removed bracketed placeholder text from documentation requirements section

Adjusted punctuation in equine photography documentation requirements

Corrected formatting of page headers and footers throughout the document

Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2025

How they voted

380
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 43
Feb 28, 2025
D Democratic6
4 Yea 2
66% Yea
R Republican37
34 Yea 3
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
to Local Government (H)
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 34-0
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.