KY SB39 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 17)
Status: Passed on April 10 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-10 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 17)
Status: Passed on April 10 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-10 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-03-31 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4078 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-27 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 341 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2026-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3841 (Y: 29 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-27 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 341 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2026-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3841 (Y: 29 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Senate | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93) |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | delivered to Governor |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | passed 38-0 |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (4), (2) and (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (4), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | to Rules (S) |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2026-03-27 | House | 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (4) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-03-27 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-03-27 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2026-03-26 | House | floor amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2026-03-26 | House | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-03-25 | House | returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H) |
| 2026-03-25 | House | 1st reading |
| 2026-03-25 | House | taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H) |
| 2026-03-05 | House | to Natural Resources & Energy (H) |
| 2026-02-23 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2026-02-23 | House | received in House |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | passed 29-8 with Floor Amendment (6) |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) withdrawn |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | taken from Rules |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | floor amendment (6) filed |
| 2026-02-09 | Senate | floor amendment (5) filed |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate | floor amendment (4) filed |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed |
| 2026-01-23 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2026-01-20 | Senate | to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) |
| 2026-01-07 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2026-01-07 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
