| KY | HB40 | Pass | Amend KRS 223.170 to require the board of certification for water treatment and distribution system operators to submit to the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before December 31, 2024, recommendations for the establishment of a voluntary certifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB27 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 65A.010 to add specificity to the definition of "special purpose governmental entity" to include soil and water conservation services; amend KRS 262.097 to conform; amend KRS 262.280 to exempt a soil and water conservation district from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| KY | SR249 | Pass | Adjourn in recognition of Conservation Officer Sergeant Rufus Cravens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SR327 | Pass | Urge the United States Congress to enact legislation to reform federal permitting and environmental review processes to expedite the deployment of modern energy infrastructure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SB16 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to define terms; prohibit the operation of unmanned aircraft, video or audio recording devices, or photography equipment on or above a concentrated animal feeding operation or commercial food manufacturing or p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | HB136 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to define "environmental audit" and to provide that a person or facility subject to the requirements of KRS Chapter 77 that performs an environmental audit according to the requirements of KRS 224.1-040 shall be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | HB6 | Veto | The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | SB198 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; declare that the mission of the authority is to serve as the nonregulatory, trusted state government agency on nuclear energy issues and to suppor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | HB8 | Veto | Amend KRS 224.60-130 to extend the date for reimbursements of corrective action projects using moneys in the petroleum storage tank account; amend KRS 224.60-142 to extend the date of registration for owners of petroleum storage tanks containing moto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State |
| KY | HB586 | Pass | Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to change "conservation officer" to "game warden"; amend KRS 16.065 to remove water safety enforcement from the duties of the Department of Kentucky State Police; amend KRS 150.010 to define ter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | HB135 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to define "confidential business information"; provide that no county or waste management district shall compel the production or submission of confidential business information from a solid waste management se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB418 | Pass | Amend KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres; add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB215 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any other state agency, department, or political subdivision from adopting or enforcing emissions standards on new motor vehicles, or from requiring purchase or sale of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-07
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | HB478 | Pass | Amend KRS 224.40-120 to allow an off-site construction or demolition waste disposal permittee to request an increase in the size of the permitted area to no more than two acres total if the applicant is compliant with the permit requirements for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | SJR149 | Pass | Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to provide guidance and consult with entities that discharge into the waters of the Commonwealth on the best management practice for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB130 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS 262.700 to 262.795 to establish the procedure for the discontinuance of watershed conservancy district boards; allow any soil and water conservation district or fiscal court where the watershed conservancy district lies to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | SJR140 | Pass | Direct the Public Service Commission to make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties relating to applications for the siting and construction of nuclear energy facilities ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB583 | Pass | Amend KRS 224.1-401 to require that the chief executive officers of all forms of local government and mayors receive notification of a declaration of an environmental emergency in their jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | HJR121 | Intro
25% | Declare that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is a sanctuary state from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's overreaching regulatory actions on fossil fuel-fired power plants; provide that air quality standards for permits for fossil fuel-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB233 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 96 to define terms; prohibit any utility operating under the chapter from constructing a facility that generates electricity using solar energy if constructing the facility would result in more than one percent of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| KY | HB565 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 109.115 to allow a director on a waste management district board to serve until his or her successor is appointed, not to exceed 60 days after the expiration of his or her term; require that the board director's position be vacated after th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB116 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group to research the effect that exposure to PFAS has on health outcomes in the Commonwealth; create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define the terms "consumer p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | SR163 | Pass | Proclaim March 28, 2024, to be The Garden Club of Frankfort Day in recognition of its 100th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB197 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "recycling facility" and require a notice of violation of KRS Chapter 224 by a recycling facility be sent to the local governing body where the facility is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| KY | SB340 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 353.804 and 353.812 to make grammatical and technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| KY | SB316 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish the Keep Kentucky Free of Litter fund and set up a cash awards program for the 20 peace officers with the highest conviction numbers related to littering; create new sections of KR...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB277 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 353.804 and 353.812 to make grammatical and technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| KY | HB773 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 224.43-500 to increase the environmental remediation fee from $1.75 to $2.00; amend KRS 224.43-505 to allocate 50 percent of the environmental remediation fee collected from residual waste facilities to the county where the facility is loca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB706 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 224.1-010 to restrict residual wastes in the definition of "municipal solid waste disposal facility" and define "residual waste" and "residual waste facility"; amend KRS 224.40-315 to require the generator of a residual solid waste and the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB655 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 350.028 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB656 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 224.16-050 to remove an outdated reporting requirement on the Energy and Environment Cabinet relating to the costs, personnel requirements, and statutory or regulatory changes needed to support state assumption of the permitting program req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR96 | Intro
25% | Express concern about federal overreach on the chemical industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR70 | Pass | Urge the United States Congress to enact legislation to reform federal permitting and environmental review processes to expedite the deployment of modern energy infrastructure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SB217 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to make findings and declarations regarding the dangers of atmospheric polluting activities and the Commonwealth's authority to prohibit geoengineering; define terms; prohibit geoengineering; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| KY | HJR90 | Intro
25% | Direct the Transportation Cabinet to conduct a study on the environmental impact of road salt and the feasibility of alternative deicing methods; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB197 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 150.280 to define terms; exempt permit holders from administrative regulations regarding exhibition and display restrictions and release requirements with regard to ambassador animals; exempt volunteers from non-permit-holder restrictions w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| KY | HB479 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to define "premises"; allow a fire protection district or subdistrict, or a volunteer fire department district, to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB183 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; require employers who provide services in agriculture, construction, landscaping, and transportation to maintain a written heat illness prevention plan informing employees of policies and proce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee |
| KY | HB506 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to make findings and declarations regarding the dangers of atmospheric polluting activities and the Commonwealth's authority to prohibit geoengineering; define terms; prohibit geoengineering; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB302 | Intro
25% | Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB55 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| KY | HJR29 | Intro
25% | Appropriate $100,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Forest Stewardship Incentives Fund; APPROPRIATION.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB114 | Intro
25% | The Governor's recommended State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB91 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of Subchapter 30 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement a comprehensive program to control explosions and combustion events at metal recycling facilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB37 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to define "greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreement"; require that a greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreement be properly recorded pursuant to the requirements of KRS 382.110 for it to be binding on sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB70 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 262 to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Conservation; require the department to provide technical advice and assistance and to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02
To House Committee On Committees |
