AN ACT relating to keeping chickens on residential property.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "backyard chicken"; allow a person to keep 6 or fewer backyard chickens on residential property in cities and certain other local governments; establish requirements and restrictions on local regulatory authority.

Introduced: January 8, 2026

Last action: February 6, 2026

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This bill would allow people living in cities and other local government areas in Kentucky to keep up to six chickens on residential property. It sets up a definition for "backyard chickens" and places limits on how much local governments can regulate this practice. Who it may affect: residential property owners and renters in cities and other local government jurisdictions across Kentucky.

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