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KY SB39
Bill
Status
2/23/2026
Primary Sponsor
Gary Boswell
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AI Summary
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Private landowners would be exempt from state creel limits, possession limits, size limits, and method-of-take restrictions for fish in their own lakes or ponds
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Landowners could extend these fishing exemptions to others through written or electronic permission specifying dates and pond location
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Private landowners would be exempt from state stocking requirements for their lakes and ponds, except for restrictions on invasive fish species
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Largemouth bass (except Alabama bass) would be explicitly classified as non-invasive, and no restrictions would apply to stocking first filial (F1) largemouth bass
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Amends KRS 150.170 to add these new exemptions for bona fide owners of private land
Legislative Description
AN ACT relating to fishing in privately owned lakes and ponds.
Fish and Wildlife
Last Action
to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
3/5/2026