Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Boats And Boating, Corrections Impact, Crimes And Punishments, Fish And Wildlife, Hunting And Fishing, Waterways And Dams
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-15 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define terms; require that any permit issued to take a lower Ohio River trophy catfish shall expire on May 31, 2027; prohibit the issuance or reissuance of an any lower Ohio River trophy catfish permits after that date; after the effective date of the Act, prohibit the transfer or reissuance of any lower Ohio River trophy catfish permit; prohibit the transportation of live trophy catfish except by boat while in the course of legally fishing; amend KRS 150.990 to make a violation of the prohibition on transporting live trophy catfish a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense.
Sponsors
- DJ Johnson (primary), primary
- K. Banta (primary), primary
- V. Grossl (primary), primary
- M. Lehman (primary), primary