AN ACT relating to eminent domain.

Create a new section of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to prohibit the taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement by eminent domain; allow public hearing on a proposed taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow an owner of property adjoining a property condemned by eminent domain to bring a civil…

Introduced: February 14, 2025

Last action: February 28, 2025

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This bill would place new limits on eminent domain — the government's power to take private property for public use — particularly to protect farmland and conservation lands. It would ban the taking of property covered by agricultural or conservation easements, ban the use of condemned land for solar energy facilities, and give neighboring property owners the right to sue for damages when a nearby condemnation harms their property. It also requires condemnors to prove…

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