KY HB60 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 13)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-09 - recommitted to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-09 - recommitted to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition to all other penalties authorized by law; provide that each day that a person engages in criminal atmospheric pollution constitutes a separate offense; empower all peace officers of the Commonwealth to enforce the prohibition on criminal atmospheric pollution; require an arresting officer to issue a notice to any federal agency that approved the action that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth.
Title
AN ACT relating to geoengineering.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | House | recommitted to Judiciary (H) |
| 2026-02-06 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2026-02-05 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2026-01-20 | House | reassigned to Natural Resources & Energy (H) |
| 2026-01-14 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2026-01-07 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2026-01-07 | House | introduced in House |
