HB111
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 257 to allow the determination and implementation of an on-farm animal health care or animal health production practice to be made solely by a farmer and his or her veterinarian.
Introduced: January 7, 2026
Last action: April 3, 2026
In effect since July 15, 2026
Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This bill creates a new rule giving farmers and their veterinarians the sole authority to decide on animal health care and production practices on the farm. It limits outside parties from overriding those decisions. This applies to health and production choices made directly between a farmer and a licensed veterinarian. Who it may affect: farmers who raise livestock or poultry, and the veterinarians who work with them.
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Co-sponsors (6)
Roll calls
House: 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
House: 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
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