diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/__tests__/resource.test.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/__tests__/resource.test.ts
index 0b51c70f85d..beec6f4d451 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/__tests__/resource.test.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/__tests__/resource.test.ts
@@ -231,18 +231,18 @@ theories(parseJavaClassName, [
 ]);
 describe('getCarryOverPreference', () => {
   test('default carry over fields', () =>
-    expect(getCarryOverPreference(tables.SpQuery, true)).toEqual(
+    expect(getCarryOverPreference(tables.SpQuery, true, false)).toEqual(
       getFieldsToClone(tables.SpQuery)
     ));
   test('customize carry over fields', () => {
     userPreferences.set('form', 'preferences', 'carryForward', {
       Locality: ['localityName', 'text1'],
     });
-    expect(getCarryOverPreference(tables.Locality, false)).toEqual([
+    expect(getCarryOverPreference(tables.Locality, false, false)).toEqual([
       'localityName',
       'text1',
     ]);
-    expect(getCarryOverPreference(tables.SpQuery, true)).toEqual(
+    expect(getCarryOverPreference(tables.SpQuery, true, false)).toEqual(
       getFieldsToClone(tables.SpQuery)
     );
   });
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ test('getFieldsToNotClone', () => {
       (name) => name !== 'text1'
     ) as RA<TableFields<CollectionObject>>,
   });
-  expect(getFieldsToNotClone(tables.CollectionObject, true)).toEqual([
+  expect(getFieldsToNotClone(tables.CollectionObject, true, false)).toEqual([
     'actualTotalCountAmt',
     'catalogNumber',
     'timestampModified',
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ test('getFieldsToNotClone', () => {
     'currentDetermination',
     'projects',
   ]);
-  expect(getFieldsToNotClone(tables.CollectionObject, false)).toEqual([
+  expect(getFieldsToNotClone(tables.CollectionObject, false, false)).toEqual([
     'actualTotalCountAmt',
     'catalogNumber',
     'timestampModified',
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/legacyTypes.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/legacyTypes.ts
index cfd05c50528..bf0d9ee2289 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/legacyTypes.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/legacyTypes.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@ export type SpecifyResource<SCHEMA extends AnySchema> = {
   viewUrl(): string;
   isNew(): boolean;
   isBeingInitialized(): boolean;
-  clone(cloneAll: boolean): Promise<SpecifyResource<SCHEMA>>;
+  clone(
+    cloneAll: boolean,
+    isBulkCarry?: boolean
+  ): Promise<SpecifyResource<SCHEMA>>;
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
   toJSON(): SerializedRecord<AnySchema>;
   getRelatedObjectCount(
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resource.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resource.ts
index d66501430cf..581e2876960 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resource.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resource.ts
@@ -233,9 +233,10 @@ export const parseJavaClassName = (className: string): string =>
 
 export function getFieldsToNotClone(
   table: SpecifyTable,
-  cloneAll: boolean
+  cloneAll: boolean,
+  isBulkCarry: boolean
 ): RA<string> {
-  const fieldsToClone = getCarryOverPreference(table, cloneAll);
+  const fieldsToClone = getCarryOverPreference(table, cloneAll, isBulkCarry);
   const uniqueFields = getUniqueFields(table);
   return table.fields
     .map(({ name }) => name)
@@ -247,11 +248,16 @@ export function getFieldsToNotClone(
 
 function getCarryOverPreference(
   table: SpecifyTable,
-  cloneAll: boolean
+  cloneAll: boolean,
+  isBulkCarry: boolean
 ): RA<string> {
   const config: Partial<RR<keyof Tables, RA<string>>> = cloneAll
     ? {}
-    : userPreferences.get('form', 'preferences', 'carryForward');
+    : userPreferences.get(
+        'form',
+        'preferences',
+        isBulkCarry ? 'bulkCarryForward' : 'carryForward'
+      );
   return config?.[table.name] ?? getFieldsToClone(table);
 }
 
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts
index 67b1c07982b..5fb629d22ed 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts
@@ -140,12 +140,14 @@ export const ResourceBase = Backbone.Model.extend({
   handleChanged() {
     this.needsSaved = true;
   },
-  async clone(cloneAll = false) {
+  async clone(cloneAll = false, isBulkCarry = false) {
     const self = this;
 
-    const exemptFields = getFieldsToNotClone(this.specifyTable, cloneAll).map(
-      (fieldName) => fieldName.toLowerCase()
-    );
+    const exemptFields = getFieldsToNotClone(
+      this.specifyTable,
+      cloneAll,
+      isBulkCarry
+    ).map((fieldName) => fieldName.toLowerCase());
 
     const newResource = new this.constructor(
       removeKey(this.attributes, ...specialFields, ...exemptFields),
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormMeta/CarryForward.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormMeta/CarryForward.tsx
index d9578a9f250..3b7e3d5dcac 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormMeta/CarryForward.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormMeta/CarryForward.tsx
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ export function CarryForwardConfig({
   table,
   parentTable,
   type,
+  isBulkConfig,
 }: {
   readonly table: SpecifyTable;
   readonly parentTable: SpecifyTable | undefined;
   readonly type: 'button' | 'cog';
+  readonly isBulkConfig?: boolean;
 }): JSX.Element | null {
   const [isOpen, handleOpen, handleClose] = useBooleanState();
   const [globalEnabled, setGlobalEnabled] = userPreferences.use(
@@ -128,9 +130,12 @@ export function CarryForwardConfig({
           onClick={handleOpen}
         />
       )}
-      {isCarryForwardEnabled ? <BulkCloneConfig table={table} /> : null}
+      {isCarryForwardEnabled ? (
+        <BulkCloneConfig parentTable={parentTable} table={table} />
+      ) : null}
       {isOpen && (
         <CarryForwardConfigDialog
+          isBulkConfig={isBulkConfig}
           parentTable={parentTable}
           table={table}
           onClose={handleClose}
@@ -149,8 +154,10 @@ const normalize = (fields: RA<string>): RA<string> =>
  */
 function BulkCloneConfig({
   table,
+  parentTable,
 }: {
   readonly table: SpecifyTable;
+  readonly parentTable: SpecifyTable | undefined;
 }): JSX.Element | null {
   const [globalBulkEnabled, setGlobalBulkEnabled] = userPreferences.use(
     'form',
@@ -160,16 +167,35 @@ function BulkCloneConfig({
 
   const isBulkCarryEnabled = globalBulkEnabled.includes(table.name);
 
+  const [isOpen, handleOpen, handleClose] = useBooleanState();
+
   return tableValidForBulkClone(table) ? (
-    <Label.Inline className="rounded bg-[color:var(--foreground)]">
-      <Input.Checkbox
-        checked={isBulkCarryEnabled}
-        onChange={(): void =>
-          setGlobalBulkEnabled(toggleItem(globalBulkEnabled, table.name))
-        }
-      />
-      {formsText.bulkCarryForwardEnabled()}
-    </Label.Inline>
+    <>
+      <Label.Inline className="rounded bg-[color:var(--foreground)]">
+        <Input.Checkbox
+          checked={isBulkCarryEnabled}
+          onChange={(): void =>
+            setGlobalBulkEnabled(toggleItem(globalBulkEnabled, table.name))
+          }
+        />
+        {formsText.bulkCarryForwardEnabled()}
+        <Button.Small
+          className="ml-2"
+          title={formsText.bulkCarryForwardSettingsDescription()}
+          onClick={handleOpen}
+        >
+          {icons.cog}
+        </Button.Small>
+      </Label.Inline>
+      {isOpen && (
+        <CarryForwardConfigDialog
+          isBulkConfig
+          parentTable={parentTable}
+          table={table}
+          onClose={handleClose}
+        />
+      )}
+    </>
   ) : null;
 }
 
@@ -189,21 +215,25 @@ function CarryForwardConfigDialog({
   table,
   parentTable,
   onClose: handleClose,
+  isBulkConfig,
 }: {
   readonly table: SpecifyTable;
   readonly parentTable: SpecifyTable | undefined;
   readonly onClose: () => void;
+  readonly isBulkConfig?: boolean;
 }): JSX.Element {
   const [showHiddenFields, setShowHiddenFields] = userPreferences.use(
     'form',
     'preferences',
-    'carryForwardShowHidden'
+    isBulkConfig === true
+      ? 'bulkCarryForwardShowHidden'
+      : 'carryForwardShowHidden'
   );
 
   const [globalConfig, setGlobalConfig] = userPreferences.use(
     'form',
     'preferences',
-    'carryForward'
+    isBulkConfig === true ? 'bulkCarryForward' : 'carryForward'
   );
 
   const uniqueFields = getUniqueFields(table);
@@ -300,9 +330,15 @@ function CarryForwardConfigDialog({
           </Submit.Info>
         </>
       }
-      header={formsText.carryForwardTableSettingsDescription({
-        tableName: table.label,
-      })}
+      header={
+        isBulkConfig === true
+          ? formsText.bulkCarryForwardTableSettingsDescription({
+              tableName: table.label,
+            })
+          : formsText.carryForwardTableSettingsDescription({
+              tableName: table.label,
+            })
+      }
       onClose={handleClose}
     >
       <Form className="overflow-hidden" id={id('form')} onSubmit={handleClose}>
@@ -311,6 +347,7 @@ function CarryForwardConfigDialog({
             carryForward={config}
             fields={literalFields}
             header={schemaText.fields()}
+            isBulkConfig={isBulkConfig}
             table={table}
             uniqueFields={uniqueFields}
             onChange={handleChange}
@@ -319,6 +356,7 @@ function CarryForwardConfigDialog({
             carryForward={config}
             fields={relationships}
             header={schemaText.relationships()}
+            isBulkConfig={isBulkConfig}
             table={table}
             uniqueFields={uniqueFields}
             onChange={handleChange}
@@ -343,6 +381,7 @@ function CarryForwardCategory({
   uniqueFields,
   carryForward,
   onChange: handleChange,
+  isBulkConfig,
 }: {
   readonly header: string;
   readonly table: SpecifyTable;
@@ -350,6 +389,7 @@ function CarryForwardCategory({
   readonly uniqueFields: RA<string>;
   readonly carryForward: RA<string>;
   readonly onChange: (carryForward: RA<string>) => void;
+  readonly isBulkConfig?: boolean;
 }): JSX.Element | null {
   return fields.length > 0 ? (
     <>
@@ -357,6 +397,9 @@ function CarryForwardCategory({
       <Ul>
         {fields.map((field) => {
           const isUnique = uniqueFields.includes(field.name);
+          const isRequired =
+            isBulkConfig === true &&
+            (field.localization.isrequired || field.overrides.isRequired);
           return (
             <li className="flex gap-1" key={field.name}>
               <Label.Inline
@@ -367,8 +410,8 @@ function CarryForwardCategory({
                 }
               >
                 <Input.Checkbox
-                  checked={f.includes(carryForward, field.name)}
-                  disabled={isUnique}
+                  checked={f.includes(carryForward, field.name) || isRequired}
+                  disabled={isUnique || isRequired}
                   onValueChange={(isChecked): void => {
                     const dependents = filterArray(
                       Object.entries(dependentFields())
@@ -389,6 +432,7 @@ function CarryForwardCategory({
               </Label.Inline>
               {field.isRelationship && field.isDependent() && !isUnique ? (
                 <CarryForwardConfig
+                  isBulkConfig={isBulkConfig}
                   parentTable={field.table}
                   table={field.relatedTable}
                   type="cog"
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/Save.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/Save.tsx
index d12544d97dd..851e87ebb46 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/Save.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/Save.tsx
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ export function SaveButton<SCHEMA extends AnySchema = AnySchema>({
                     const clonePromises = Array.from(
                       { length: carryForwardAmount },
                       async () => {
-                        const clonedResource = await resource.clone(false);
+                        const clonedResource = await resource.clone(
+                          false,
+                          true
+                        );
                         clonedResource.set('catalogNumber', wildCard as never);
                         return clonedResource;
                       }
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx
index 307861ab5c7..00d2f28acd7 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx
@@ -1170,6 +1170,18 @@ export const userPreferenceDefinitions = {
             renderer: f.never,
             container: 'div',
           }),
+          bulkCarryForward: definePref<{
+            readonly [TABLE_NAME in keyof Tables]?: RA<
+              TableFields<Tables[TABLE_NAME]>
+            >;
+          }>({
+            title: localized('_bulkCarryForward'),
+            requiresReload: false,
+            visible: false,
+            defaultValue: {},
+            renderer: f.never,
+            container: 'div',
+          }),
           enableCarryForward: definePref<RA<keyof Tables>>({
             title: localized('_enableCarryForward'),
             requiresReload: false,
@@ -1242,6 +1254,14 @@ export const userPreferenceDefinitions = {
             type: 'java.lang.Boolean',
             container: 'div',
           }),
+          bulkCarryForwardShowHidden: definePref<boolean>({
+            title: localized('_bulkCarryForwardShowHidden'),
+            requiresReload: false,
+            visible: false,
+            defaultValue: false,
+            type: 'java.lang.Boolean',
+            container: 'div',
+          }),
         },
       },
     },
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/forms.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/forms.ts
index c036fd0747d..9134ba47354 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/forms.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/forms.ts
@@ -860,6 +860,9 @@ export const formsText = createDictionary({
     'uk-ua': 'Налаштуйте поля для перенесення',
     'de-ch': 'Konfigurieren der zu übertragenden Felder',
   },
+  bulkCarryForwardSettingsDescription: {
+    'en-us': 'Configure fields to bulk carry forward',
+  },
   carryForwardTableSettingsDescription: {
     'en-us': 'Configure fields to carry forward ({tableName:string})',
     'ru-ru': 'Настройте поля для переноса ({tableName:string})',
@@ -869,6 +872,9 @@ export const formsText = createDictionary({
     'de-ch':
       'Konfigurieren Sie die zu übertragenden Felder ({tableName:string})',
   },
+  bulkCarryForwardTableSettingsDescription: {
+    'en-us': 'Configure fields to bulk carry forward ({tableName:string})',
+  },
   carryForwardUniqueField: {
     'en-us': 'This field must be unique. It can not be carried over',
     'ru-ru': 'Это поле должно быть уникальным. Его нельзя переносить',