Kentucky House Bill 388 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Passed on April 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-02 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 18)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224 to establish criteria by which the Energy and Environment Cabinet can establish performance standards for the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units; establish different criteria for coal-fired electric generating units and natural gas-fired electric generating units; allow performance standards to be adjusted on a case-by-case basis; require that any state plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions be issued under Section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act; direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards in a state plan; prohibit development or proposing of a state plan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency unless the plan is consistent with Sections 1 to 7 of this Act and is prepared in consultation with the Kentucky PSC; declare that any plan or performance standard has no legal effect if the United States Environmental Protection Agency does not issue federal rules or guidelines for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing electric generating units or if the rules are withdrawn or invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

AN ACT relating to best system emission reduction for existing electric generating units.

Rep. Jim Gooch [R]	Rep. Tim Couch [R]	Rep. Myron Dossett [R]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]
Rep. Suzanne Miles [R]	Rep. Ryan Quarles [R]	Rep. Diane St Onge [R]	Rep. Fitz Steele [D]
Rep. Russell Webber [R]	Rep. Jill York [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-02	House	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 18)
2014-03-21	House	delivered to Governor
2014-03-21	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2014-03-20	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2014-03-20	House	received in House
2014-03-19	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0
2014-03-18	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 19, 2014
2014-03-13	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2014-03-12	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2014-03-05	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2014-02-27	Senate	received in Senate
2014-02-26	House	3rd reading, passed 99-0
2014-02-21	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 26, 2014
2014-02-21	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2014-02-20	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2014-02-18	House	posted in committee
2014-02-18	House	to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
2014-02-13	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB388.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB388/bill.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB388/LM.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB388/vote_history.pdf