Kentucky Senate Bill 188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on March 24 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]

Amend KRS 353.510 to add a definition for "stratigraphic test well"; amend KRS 353.570 to require a permit before drilling a stratigraphic test well and delete test holes from permitting requirement; amend KRS 353.590 to subject a permitted stratigraphic test well to various sections of KRS Chapter 353 for regulatory purposes and to impose plugging requirements; require stratigraphic test wells to be permitted as oil and gas wells prior to producing oil or gas and deviating from true vertical; and impose stratigraphic test wells converted to oil and gas wells to regulatory requirements of KRS 353.590 and 353.660 once the permit terminates; delete confidentiality requirements on test holes; amend KRS 353.660 to change termination of operations to completion of drilling; require that persons applying for a permit for a stratigraphic test well be granted a 3-year confidentiality period for all drilling records and subject well records, surveys and other logs on stratigraphic wells to confidentiality requirements; delete references to test holes.

AN ACT relating to oil and gas well sites.

Sen. Jared Carpenter [R]

Sen. Johnny Turner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-05	Senate	filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
2016-03-24	Senate	delivered to Governor
2016-03-24	Senate	enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2016-03-24	Senate	received in Senate
2016-03-23	House	3rd reading, passed 99-0
2016-03-18	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2016
2016-03-18	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-17	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2016-03-14	House	posted in committee
2016-03-07	House	to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
2016-03-04	House	received in House
2016-03-03	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-02-29	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2016
2016-02-25	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-02-24	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-02-18	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2016-02-16	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB188.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB188/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB188/SCS1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB188/vote_history.pdf