KY HB136 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-12 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 178)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-12 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 178)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Creates 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 entitled to all of the benefits, privileges, and protections afforded by that section; and amends KRS 224.1-040 to allow facilities regulated by air pollution control districts established under KRS Chapter 77 to avail themselves of the same environmental audit process available to facilities regulated by the Energy and Environment Cabinet under KRS Chapter 224, to allow owners or operators of facilities regulated by air pollution control boards under KRS Chapter 77 to make voluntary disclosures as a result of the findings of an environmental audit, to create an environmental audit privilege to protect the confidentiality of communications relating to voluntary internal environmental audits of facilities regulated under KRS Chapter 77, and to prohibit an air pollution control district from seeking civil penalties against a facility for a violation of KRS Chapter 77 or the rules, orders, or administrative regulations promulgated thereunder if certain conditions are met.
Title
AN ACT relating to environmental audits.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-12 - Senate - Senate: Veto Override RSN# 3213 (Y: 26 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-04-12 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 450 (Y: 77 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3118 (Y: 30 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 28 (Y: 80 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-04-12 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 450 (Y: 77 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3118 (Y: 30 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 28 (Y: 80 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 178) |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | received in House |
| 2024-04-12 | House | passed 26-6 |
| 2024-04-12 | House | veto overridden |
| 2024-04-12 | House | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2024-04-12 | House | to Rules (S) |
| 2024-04-12 | House | received in Senate |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | passed 77-20 |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | veto overridden |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | taken from Rules |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | to Rules (H) |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | received in House |
| 2024-04-08 | House | Vetoed |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 30-5 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-15 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-01-23 | House | 3rd reading, passed 80-12 with Floor Amendment (1) |
| 2024-01-22 | House | floor amendment (1) filed |
| 2024-01-19 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 22, 2024 |
| 2024-01-19 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-01-18 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-01-09 | House | to Natural Resources & Energy (H) |
| 2024-01-03 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-01-03 | House | introduced in House |
