Kentucky House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 17 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-17 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 10)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 262.330 to include heavy or specialized equipment acquired by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission with the types of equipment that the board of a conservation district may make available or lease to landowners and occupiers within the district; allow the equipment to be used on the lessee's or renter's land or on the lands of others; provide that the purposes of the heavy or specialized equipment are for conserving soil resources, preventing soil erosion, and the conservation and protection of water resources related to those purposes; amend KRS 262.610 to require that all heavy or specialized equipment purchased or made available be used to conserve soil resources, prevent and control soil erosion, and conserve and protect water resources related to those purposes; allow a conservation district to apply jointly with a person residing in the district to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission to acquire heavy or specialized equipment; prohibit the joint application by conservation districts and persons for the acquisition of infrastructure; amend KRS 262.620 and 262.630 to conform; amend KRS 262.660 to require the Soil and Water Conservation Commission on or before January 1, 2024, to promulgate administrative regulations that set forth the form and manner in which a person and a conservation district may jointly request the acquisition of heavy or specialized equipment, the terms of loans for heavy or specialized equipment that the commission makes available to districts for lease to persons within those districts, the terms of the lease agreements between districts and persons in those district for use of the heavy or specialized equipment, and the proportions of time that the equipment shall be used on the lessee's or renter's lands and on the lands of others; require lease agreements to allow lessees to use the heavy or specialized equipment outside of their own lands, and with prior approval of the board of the leasing district, on lands outside of their districts.

AN ACT relating to soil and water conservation.

Rep. Amy Neighbors [R]	Rep. Richard Heath [R]	Rep. Kim King [R]	Rep. Nancy Tate [R]
Rep. Billy Wesley [R]

2023-03-15 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 262 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-03-10 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 scta1 RSN# 2583 (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 95 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-17	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 10)
2023-03-16	House	delivered to Governor
2023-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-15	House	passed 97-0
2023-03-15	House	House concurred in Senate amendment Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-14	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-13	House	to Rules (H)
2023-03-13	House	received in House
2023-03-10	Senate	passed 33 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-10	Senate	floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendment (1)
2023-03-10	Senate	3rd reading
2023-03-08	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
2023-03-08	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-03-07	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2023-03-07	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-03	Senate	to Agriculture (S)
2023-03-01	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-01	Senate	received in Senate
2023-02-28	House	3rd reading, passed 97-0
2023-02-24	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
2023-02-23	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-02-22	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2023-02-09	House	to Agriculture (H)
2023-01-06	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-01-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb130.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb130/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb130/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0010.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB130/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB130/SCA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB130/SFA1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb130/vote_history.pdf