republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-39.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 39	Kentucky SB 39 (2026RS)	bill	Agriculture Environment And Conservation Fish And Wildlife Hunting And Fishing Land Use Property	enacted	C. Richardson D. Douglas G. Boswell G. Elkins J. Carpenter J. Higdon J. Howell L. Tichenor M. Deneen M. Nunn M. Wilson P. Wheeler R. Girdler R. Mills S. Meredith S. Rawlings S. West	3	34	3	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7ac760a9-038e-4366-857d-7cef34a379b9	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb39.html	d8ca6dac18db0d6e8dc47ce4c183f11ce7646e2fdf6bb95fcfa8435f6d1408c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 39 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.

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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 93 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 39 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1, HFA 2, HFA 4, HCA 1 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 90–0 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 39 w/ SFA 6 — 29–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• G. Boswell — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• J. Carpenter — primary (person)
• J. Higdon — primary (person)
• J. Howell — primary (person)
• L. Tichenor — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• R. Girdler — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)
• S. Rawlings — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (4) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (5) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (6) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) withdrawn
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 passed 29-8 with Floor Amendment (6) passage
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (4) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (4), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (4), (2) and (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ac760a9-038e-4366-857d-7cef34a379b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).