Kentucky
General Assembly

Fish And Wildlife

100 year floodplain, private lakes and ponds, stocking restrictions

• Senate Bill 39: House Floor Amendment (4)

Animal health emergencies, communicable disease, containment

• Senate Bill 155

Boating, fatal or serious accident caused by motorboat or vessel, mandatory blood test

• House Bill 168: House Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 168: House Committee Substitute (2)

Boating, fatal or serious accidents, mandatory blood tests

• Senate Bill 66: House Floor Amendment (1)
• Senate Bill 66: House Floor Amendment (3)
• House Bill 168

Boating under the influence, safe-boating course

• House Bill 168

Bona fide private landowners and guests, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption

• Senate Bill 39

Captive cervids, Department of Agriculture, sole authority, natural disasters, declared emergency

• House Bill 665

Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, eligibility, appointment

• Senate Bill 39: House Floor Amendment (3)

Conservation, trapping, support

• Senate Resolution 194

Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commissioners, qualifications, requirements

• Senate Bill 334

Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Division of Law Enforcement, salary restructure

• House Bill 506: House Committee Substitute (2)

Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, hunting and fishing requirements

• Senate Bill 39: House Committee Substitute (1)

Depredating wildlife, permits, wildlife control

• House Bill 142
• House Bill 142: House Committee Substitute (1)

Destruction tags, depredating wildlife, designee

• House Bill 142: Senate Committee Substitute (1)

Easements, conservation, support

• Senate Resolution 195

Eastern hellbender, state amphibian, designation

• Senate Bill 37: House Floor Amendment (3)

Eastern spotted skunk, state nongame mammal, designation

• Senate Bill 37: House Floor Amendment (3)

Eminent domain, abolition

• House Bill 845

Eminent domain power; abolition

• House Bill 878

Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, confirmation, Kenton W. Bottoms II

• Senate Resolution 258

Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, confirmation, Michael Abell

• Senate Resolution 259

Fish stocking of private lakes and ponds, largemouth bass

• Senate Bill 39

Game wardens, private open land, entry or access, requirements

• House Bill 918

Governor's recommended State/Executive Branch Budget

• House Bill 304

Hunter education, adults, requirement prohibition for hunting licenses and permits

• Senate Bill 200

Illegally taken native wildlife, seizure, contraband, disposal

• House Bill 506

Lower Ohio River trophy catfish, permits, expiration, February 28, 2027

• House Bill 397: House Committee Substitute (1)

Lower Ohio River trophy catfish, permits, expiration, May 31, 2027

• House Bill 397

Ohio River Restoration Program Act, improvement in water quality

• Senate Resolution 186
• Senate Resolution 192

Ohio River Restoration Program Act, supporting

• House Resolution 127
• Senate Resolution 189

Private lakes or ponds, defense for violation, resident and nonresident

• Senate Bill 39: Senate Floor Amendment (6)

Prohibition, property owner, conferring right to fish without license

• Senate Bill 39: Senate Floor Amendment (3)

Resident farmland owners, private lakes or ponds, fishing and stocking restrictions, exemption

• Senate Bill 39: Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• Senate Bill 39: Senate Floor Amendment (4)
• Senate Bill 39: Senate Floor Amendment (5)

State/Executive Branch Budget

• House Bill 500
• House Bill 500: House Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 500: Senate Committee Substitute (1)

Stocking of private lakes and ponds, F1 and Florida bass

• Senate Bill 39: House Floor Amendment (1)

Taking coyotes at night, existing language

• House Bill 506: House Committee Substitute (1)

Trophy catfish, live transportation, commercial fishing, prohibition

• House Bill 397: House Committee Substitute (1)

Trophy catfish, live transportation, prohibition, exception

• House Bill 397: House Floor Amendment (1)

Trophy catfish, wounded or killed, replacement cost, $500

• House Bill 397: House Committee Substitute (1)

Violations when on public waters, prohibit use of private land right defense

• Senate Bill 39: Senate Floor Amendment (2)

Wakeboats, wakesports, administrative regulations

• Senate Bill 39: House Floor Amendment (2)

Wildlife, taking at night, authorization

• House Bill 506

Last updated: 4/1/2026 1:27 AM (EDT)