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SB 39

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AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Apr 10, 2026
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93)
Session
2026RS
Introduced
Jan 7, 2026
Primary Sponsor
G. Boswell· primary

Summary

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Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt a bona fide private landowner from any fishing restrictions imposed in KRS Chapter 150 or the administrative regulations promulgated thereunder relating to creel, possession, size, or method of take; allow a private landowner to extend the same rights and privileges relating to fishing in lakes or ponds located on the landowner's property to any person in written or electronic form; allow the stocking of certain largemouth bass in private lakes and ponds without restriction; exempt a bona fide private landowner from any lake or pond stocking restrictions except with regard to prohibitions on the stocking of invasive fish.

Subjects

AgricultureEnvironment And ConservationFish And WildlifeHunting And FishingLand UseProperty

Co-sponsors (16)

J. Carpenter · primary
M. Deneen · primary
D. Douglas · primary
G. Elkins · primary
R. Girdler · primary
J. Higdon · primary
J. Howell · primary
S. Meredith · primary
R. Mills · primary
M. Nunn · primary
S. Rawlings · primary
C. Richardson · primary
L. Tichenor · primary
S. West · primary
P. Wheeler · primary
M. Wilson · primary

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