Kentucky House Bill 529 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on March 23 2016 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-04-05 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS 151.100 to 151.460 to establish the 11-member Kentucky Water Resources Board; set initial appointments and identify the role and function of the board in developing water resource policy; attach the board to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes; require the cabinet to provide staff to the board; amend KRS 151.110 to include agriculture in the list of reasons water resources have become of vital importance to the Commonwealth; require the cabinet to provide leadership for on-farm and rural community drought and water assessment monitoring, and improvements for agricultural purposes; and authorize the cabinet to receive and disperse federal, state, and other funds for on-farm and community drought and water assessment, monitoring, and improvements.

AN ACT relating to water resources policy.

Rep. Rick Rand [D]	Rep. Steven Rudy [R]	Rep. Rocky Adkins [D]	Rep. Ron Crimm [R]
Rep. Mitchel Denham [D]	Rep. Daniel Elliott [R]	Rep. Richard Heath [R]	Rep. Dennis Horlander [D]
Rep. Kim King [R]	Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Thomas McKee [D]	Rep. Michael Meredith [R]
Rep. Terry Mills [D]	Rep. Bart Rowland [R]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]	Rep. Chuck Tackett [D]
Rep. Jeffrey Taylor [D]	Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]	Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-05	House	filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
2016-03-24	House	delivered to Governor
2016-03-24	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2016-03-23	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2016-03-22	House	received in House
2016-03-22	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0
2016-03-21	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2016-03-18	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2016 (Consent Orders #2)
2016-03-16	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-15	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2016-03-11	Senate	to Agriculture (S)
2016-03-09	Senate	received in Senate
2016-03-08	House	3rd reading, passed 95-0
2016-03-07	House	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2016-03-03	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2016
2016-03-03	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-02	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2016-03-01	House	posting waived
2016-03-01	House	posted in committee
2016-03-01	House	to Agriculture & Small Business (H)
2016-02-29	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB529.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB529/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB529/vote_history.pdf