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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 276

AN ACT relating to keeping chickens on residential property.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Agriculture, Animals, Livestock, And Poultry, Charter County Government, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Counties, Urban, Local Government, Local Mandate, Unified Local Governments
Introduced / first action
2026-01-08 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  2. received in Senate

  3. 3rd reading, passed 72-22

    passage, reading-3

  4. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026

  5. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  6. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage

  7. to Local Government (H)

    referral-committee

  8. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  9. introduced in House

    introduction

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