Introduced February 6, 2025
SB112
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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; exempt the resident landowner and other authorized persons from certain statutory and regulatory limits, restrictions, and requirement relating to fish and fishing.
Plain-language summary
This bill would allow Kentucky landowners to fish in lakes or ponds on their own property without needing a sport fishing license. It would also exempt those landowners and anyone else they authorize from certain rules about fishing limits and restrictions that normally apply to licensed anglers. Who it may affect: resident landowners with private lakes or ponds on their property, and guests or family members those landowners permit to fish there.
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Gary Boswell
Senator · Senate District 08
Co-sponsors (18)
Julie Raque Adams
Senator · Senate District 36
Donald Douglas
Senator · Senate District 22
Greg Elkins
Senator · Senate District 28
Shelley Frommeyer
Senator · Senate District 24
Rick Girdler
Senator · Senate District 15
Jimmy Higdon
Senator · Senate District 14
Scott Madon
Senator · Senate District 29
Stephen Meredith
Senator · Senate District 05
Robert Mills
Senator · Senate District 04
Mike Nemes
Senator · Senate District 38
Matt Nunn
Senator · Senate District 17
Steve Rawlings
Senator · Senate District 11
Craig Richardson
Senator · Senate District 03
Lindsey Tichenor
Senator · Senate District 06
Phillip Wheeler
Senator · Senate District 31
Gex Williams
Senator · Senate District 20
Mike Wilson
Senator · Senate District 32

David Yates
Senator · Senate District 037
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