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HB640

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AN ACT relating to invasive plant species.

Amend KRS 224.10-100 to authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to prevent the spread of invasive, non-native plant species.

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: March 12, 2025

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This bill would give the Energy and Environment Cabinet the authority to create rules aimed at stopping the spread of invasive, non-native plant species in Kentucky. Currently, the cabinet lacks this specific regulatory power, and the bill would add it to existing state law. Who it may affect: landowners, farmers, and land managers who may be subject to future regulations about invasive plants on their property.

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Legislative History

Feb 18, 2025 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 18, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 26, 2025 · House
To Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
Taken From Natural Resources & Energy (H) (clerical)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
1st Reading (clerical)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
Returned To Natural Resources & Energy (H) (clerical)
Mar 6, 2025 · House
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules
Mar 11, 2025 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (clerical)
Mar 12, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 97-0
Yea: 97
Nay: 0
Absent: 3
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Portrait of Jim Gooch
Jim Gooch

Representative · House District 012

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Jim.Gooch@kylegislature.gov
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