Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
01/20/26	to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
01/22/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
01/23/26	2nd reading, to Rules
01/27/26	Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Webb
Summary	Delete original provisions; provide that resident owners of farmland, their spouses, and dependent children shall not be subject to fishing restrictions imposed in KRS Chapter 150 or the administrative regulations promulgated thereunder relating to creel, possession, or method of take for fish taken on the farmland owner's private lake or pond; allow the same privileges to be extended to tenants and their dependent children; prohibit the same privileges to be extended to business organizations unless they are owned by immediate family members who farm the land; allow the stocking of noninvasive fish and certain largemouth bass in private lakes and ponds without restriction; allow the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or federal law to deem species of largemouth bass invasive; prohibit the transportation of fish taken using the privileges conferred by the section without documentation authenticating that the fish were taken legally; define "private lake or pond."
Index Headings	Agriculture - Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption Environment And Conservation - Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption Fish And Wildlife - Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption Hunting And Fishing - Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption Land Use - Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption Property - Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	G. Boswell
Summary	Prohibit using rights or privileges conferred by a private landowner for fishing on private lands as a defense for being found in violation of administrative regulations for creel, size, possession or method of take when on public lakes, rivers, or streams.
Index Headings	Fish And Wildlife - Violations when on public waters, prohibit use of private land right defense Hunting And Fishing - Violations when on public waters, prohibit use of private land right defense

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	G. Boswell
Summary	Disallow property owner from extending the right to fish without a fishing license to anyone not already authorized by statute as exempt.
Index Headings	Fish And Wildlife - Prohibition, property owner, conferring right to fish without license Hunting And Fishing - Prohibition, property owner, conferring right to fish without license