Kentucky Subject | Hunting and Fishing

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
KY	HB586	Pass	Amends various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to change “conservation officer” to “game warden”; amends KRS 16.065 to remove water safety enforcement from the duties of the Department of Kentucky State Police; amends KRS 150.010 to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-10 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 159)
KY	HB663	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.023 to include gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-15 To House Committee On Committees
KY	SB5	Pass	Amends KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENCY. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-29 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 2)
KY	SB204	Intro Sine Die	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official state dog of Kentucky. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-15 To Senate Agriculture Committee
KY	HB217	Engross Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENC... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-25 To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
KY	HB226	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt any current member of the Armed Forces of the United States from paying the nonresident fee for hunting and fishing licenses. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-10 To House Committee On Committees
KY	SB59	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.330 to prohibit the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife from enforcing or imposing fines and penalties for the taking of Cooper's hawks or red-tailed hawks; amend KRS 150.990 to exempt Cooper's hawks and red-tailed hawks from fines... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-04 To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
KY	HB140	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENC... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-04 To House Committee On Committees
KY	SB55	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.170 to allow a bona fide resident landowner and other authorized persons to take fish from any lake or pond located on the owner's property without procuring a sport fishing license. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-03 To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
KY	HB106	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident landowners must own five or more acres of farmland in order to be exempt from sport hunting license requirements when hunting on their own lands; remove the farmland owner sport fishing licens... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-03 To House Committee On Committees
KY	HB78	Intro Sine Die	Amend KRS 217.217 to allow for the donation of game meat to correctional facilities for the purpose of inmate consumption. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-02 To House Committee On Committees