KY SB 39

enacted

AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did KY SB 39 pass?

Yes. KY SB 39 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93)

What is KY SB 39 about?

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.

Who sponsors KY SB 39?

M. Wilson, P. Wheeler, S. West and 14 others are the primary sponsors of KY SB 39.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-07
Latest action: 2026-04-10 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

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Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) withdrawn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

Versions

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Documents

Votes

PASS SB 39 w/ SFA 6
2026-02-20 · pass · 29-8
Member-level votes (38)
- Boswell: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Howell: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Madon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- West: yes
- Douglas: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Elkins: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Williams: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Mills: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wise: yes
- Givens: yes
- Berg: no
- Clemons: no
- Neal: no
- Thomas: no
- ChambersArmstrong: no
- Herron: no
- Storm: no
- Webb: no
- Carpenter: not voting
Pass
2026-03-27 · pass · 90-0
Member-level votes (101)
- Aull: yes
- Decker: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Baker: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hale: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Banta: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hancock: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Hart: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Tate: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Miles: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fister: yes
- Imes: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Freeland: yes
- King: yes
- Payne: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Brown: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Koch: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Pollock: yes
- White: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Williams: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Witten: yes
- Camuel: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Maddox: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
- Stevenson P: not voting
- Hampton: not voting
- Lewis D: not voting
- McCool: not voting
- Rudy: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting
- COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY SENATE: not voting
FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 39 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1, HFA 2, HFA 4, HCA 1 (T)
2026-03-31 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb39.html

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