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KY SB200

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Gary Boswell

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the hunter education course requirement for persons 18 years of age or older seeking hunting licenses or permits in Kentucky, regardless of resident or nonresident status

  • Removes the existing exemption from the live-fire exercise component of hunter education that previously applied to current military members, veterans with honorable discharge, and certified peace officers

  • Amends KRS 150.170, which governs hunting and fishing license requirements in Kentucky

  • Maintains all other existing license exemptions, including those for children under 16 (fishing) and under 12 (hunting/trapping), farmland owners and tenants, and military servicemembers on furlough

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to hunter education.

Licensing

Last Action

to Committee on Committees (S)

2/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Committee on Committees2/13/2026

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