AN ACT relating to keeping chickens on residential property.

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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.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 8, 2026
Last action: Feb 6, 2026 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Session: 2026RS
Momentum: 58 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

10.9% Unlikely

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Stage base Passed First Chamber — base rate 31%, measured from KY's completed sessions
Momentum +2 58/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 247 days quiet

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