KentuckyAN ACT relating to keeping chickens on residential property.
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 6to Committee on Committees (S)Latest
- Feb 6received in Senate
- Feb 53rd reading, passed 72-22Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
- Jan 292nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Jan 28reported favorably, 1st reading, to CalendarMinor
- Jan 15to Local Government (H)Minor
- Jan 8to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Jan 8introduced in HouseIntroduced