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Coal

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-263	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 342.1242 and 342.1243 to set forth the process to refund excess assessments to coal employers. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Labor And Industry Workers' Compensation Coal
SB-251	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 351.010 so that open-pit mines do not include any excavation made from a refuse fill. Republican: 66% (2) Democrat: 33% (1) 66% Republican support 33% Democrat support	Minerals And Mining Surface Mining Coal
HB-606	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to create the offense of theft of wages and establish penalties; define "employer," "employee," and "wages"; amend KRS 336.080 to indicate the secretary may enter places of employment without unreasonable delay to inspect a place of employment; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, the number of hours worked, and the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.200 to create an additional wage payment bond requirement for employers engaged in the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals; amend KRS 337.295 to include reference to wage payment bonds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide a cause of action for unpaid wages due; amend KRS 337.320 to require employers to keep record for three years of the name, address, and occupation of each employee, the rate of pay and amount paid to each employee, a list of personnel policies provided to the employees, and a copy of the wage statement provided to each employee; create a new section of Chapter 337 to require employers to provide to an employee a written notice at the time of hire that sets forth the rate and method of pay, the employees employment status, accruals of time, deductions that may be made from pay, and the name and address of the employer; require the employer to keep a copy of the notice signed by the employee; amend KRS 337.990 to include a civil penalty for failure to provide the written notice to employee and maintain a copy of the signed notice; amend KRS 337.994 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to conduct investigations to verify compliance with wage payment bond requirements; to create a civil penalty for violations of the wage payment bond provisions. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Crimes And Punishments Labor And Industry Minerals And Mining Personnel And Employment Wages And Hours Coal
HB-583	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Labor And Industry Workers' Compensation Coal
HB-497	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 139.010 to define "commercial coal mining operation"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt machinery, equipment, supplies, etc. purchased or leased by a coal mining operation from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020, and require reporting of the exemption by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.110 to allow the release of information from the Department of Revenue. Republican: 100% (3) 100% Republican support	Effective Dates, Delayed Minerals And Mining Taxation Taxation, Sales And Use Coal Reports Mandated
SB-215	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Labor And Industry Physicians And Practitioners Workers' Compensation Coal
HB-5865	Federal	CCUS Innovation Act Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Innovation Act Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Environmental Protection Advisory Bodies Air Quality Climate Change And Greenhouse Gases Coal Congressional Oversight Corporate Finance And Management Electric Power Generation And Transmission Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Research Environmental Health
HB-1543	State (Maryland)	Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc. Democrat: 98% (68) Republican: 1% (1) 98% Democrat support 1% Republican support	Energy Utility Regulation Education - Miscellaneous Administrative Agencies Age Of Majority Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Ambulances Animals Appropriations
HB-919	State (Maryland)	Repealing a certain credit against the public service company franchise tax for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal during a certain year; repealing a certain credit against the State income tax that certain cogenerators or electricity suppliers may claim for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal during a certain taxable year; repealing an exemption to the sales and use tax for the sale of coal used in certain residential properties; etc. Democrat: 100% (10) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Income Taxes - Sales And Use Taxes - Miscellaneous Coal Exemptions Franchise Tax Sales And Use Tax Tax Credits Utilities
HB-969	State (Maryland)	Extending to December 31, 2030, the termination of a credit against the public service company franchise tax for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal; authorizing the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to approve up to $3,000,000 in total credits each year; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (3) 100% Unaffiliated support	Taxes - Miscellaneous Assessments And Taxation, Department Of Coal Franchise Tax Tax Credits
SB-865	State (Maryland)	Extending to December 31, 2030, the termination of a credit against the public service company franchise tax for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal; authorizing the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to approve up to $3,000,000 in total credits each year; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Taxes - Miscellaneous Assessments And Taxation, Department Of Coal Franchise Tax Tax Credits
SB-912	State (Maryland)	Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Energy Utility Regulation Education - Miscellaneous Administrative Agencies Age Of Majority Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Ambulances Animals Appropriations
SB-902	State (Maryland)	Repealing a certain credit against the public service company franchise tax for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal during a certain year; repealing a certain credit against the State income tax that certain cogenerators or electricity suppliers may claim for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal during a certain taxable year; repealing an exemption to the sales and use tax for the sale of coal used in certain residential properties; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Income Taxes - Sales And Use Taxes - Miscellaneous Coal Exemptions Franchise Tax Sales And Use Tax Tax Credits Utilities
SB-730	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2021, a person from selling or offering for sale coal tar pavement products or from applying coal tar pavement products to a pavement or a similar surface; and establishing a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for a first offense and not exceeding $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense for certain violations. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Environment Coal Fines Penalties And Sentences Retail Sales Time
HB-5704	Federal	COAL TeCC Act of 2020 Creating Opportunities And Leveraging Technologies for Coal Carbon Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish two programs concerning coal-derived carbon products. First, DOE must establish a program of research, development, and demonstration for carbon engineering solutions to enable new uses for coal-derived carbon for a variety of purposes, such as commercial, military, or medical purposes. Second, DOE must establish a pilot and demonstration program to accelerate the commercial deployment of coal-carbon products. Republican: 100% (5) 100% Republican support	Energy Coal Congressional Oversight Energy Research Government Studies And Investigations Mining Product Development And Innovation Research And Development Technology Transfer And Commercialization
HB-553	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2021, a person from selling or offering for sale coal tar pavement products or from applying coal tar pavement products to a pavement or a similar surface; and establishing a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for a first offense and not exceeding $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense for certain violations. Democrat: 100% (23) 100% Democrat support	Environment Coal Fines Penalties And Sentences Retail Sales Time
HB-2657	State (Hawaii)	Prohibits the issuance or renewal of covered source air permits for coal-burning electricity generation facilities after 12/31/2022. Prohibits the approval of a new, modified, or renewed power purchase agreement for electricity generated from coal after 6/30/2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD3) Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Electricity Generation Coal Prohibition Environmental Response, Energy, And Food Security Tax
HB-5625	Federal	Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Environmental Protection International Affairs Africa Air Quality Alternative And Renewable Resources Asia China Climate Change And Greenhouse Gases Coal Congressional Oversight
HR-37	State (Kentucky)	Encourage restoration and maintenance of the Kentucky River to ensure full navigability of the river for economic and tourism development purposes. Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Economic Development Tourism Waterways And Dams Coal Commerce
HB-239	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists. Democrat: 61% (16) Republican: 38% (10) 61% Democrat support 38% Republican support	Labor And Industry Physicians And Practitioners Workers' Compensation Coal

Title: AN ACT relating to the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-263

Subjects: Labor And Industry, Workers' Compensation, Coal

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: AN ACT relating to mining.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-251

Subjects: Minerals And Mining, Surface Mining, Coal

Republican: 66% (2) Democrat: 33% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to wage payment.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-606

Subjects: Crimes And Punishments, Labor And Industry, Minerals And Mining, Personnel And Employment, Wages And Hours, Coal

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-583

Subjects: Labor And Industry, Workers' Compensation, Coal

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: AN ACT relating to the coal industry.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-497

Subjects: Effective Dates, Delayed, Minerals And Mining, Taxation, Taxation, Sales And Use, Coal, Reports Mandated

Republican: 100% (3)

Title: AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-215

Subjects: Labor And Industry, Physicians And Practitioners, Workers' Compensation, Coal

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: CCUS Innovation Act Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Innovation Act

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-5865

Subjects: Environmental Protection, Advisory Bodies, Air Quality, Climate Change And Greenhouse Gases, Coal, Congressional Oversight, Corporate Finance And Management, Electric Power Generation And Transmission, Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Research, Environmental Health

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1543

Subjects: Energy, Utility Regulation, Education - Miscellaneous, Administrative Agencies, Age Of Majority, Agriculture, Renewable Energy Sources, Ambulances, Animals, Appropriations

Democrat: 98% (68) Republican: 1% (1)

Title: Coal - Tax Credits and Exemption - Repeal

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-919

Subjects: Taxes - Income, Taxes - Sales And Use, Taxes - Miscellaneous, Coal, Exemptions, Franchise Tax, Sales And Use Tax, Tax Credits, Utilities

Democrat: 100% (10)

Title: Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Credit for Purchase of Maryland-Mined Coal - Extension

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-969

Subjects: Taxes - Miscellaneous, Assessments And Taxation, Department Of, Coal, Franchise Tax, Tax Credits

Unaffiliated: 100% (3)

Title: Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Credit for Purchase of Maryland-Mined Coal - Extension

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-865

Subjects: Taxes - Miscellaneous, Assessments And Taxation, Department Of, Coal, Franchise Tax, Tax Credits

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Environment - Climate Crisis and Education Act

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-912

Subjects: Energy, Utility Regulation, Education - Miscellaneous, Administrative Agencies, Age Of Majority, Agriculture, Renewable Energy Sources, Ambulances, Animals, Appropriations

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Coal – Tax Credits and Exemption – Repeal

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-902

Subjects: Taxes - Income, Taxes - Sales And Use, Taxes - Miscellaneous, Coal, Exemptions, Franchise Tax, Sales And Use Tax, Tax Credits, Utilities

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Environment - Sale and Application of Coal Tar Pavement Products - Prohibition

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-730

Subjects: Environment, Coal, Fines, Penalties And Sentences, Retail Sales, Time

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: COAL TeCC Act of 2020 Creating Opportunities And Leveraging Technologies for Coal Carbon Act of 2020

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-5704

Subjects: Energy, Coal, Congressional Oversight, Energy Research, Government Studies And Investigations, Mining, Product Development And Innovation, Research And Development, Technology Transfer And Commercialization

Republican: 100% (5)

Title: Environment - Sale and Application of Coal Tar Pavement Products - Prohibition

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-553

Subjects: Environment, Coal, Fines, Penalties And Sentences, Retail Sales, Time

Democrat: 100% (23)

Title: Relating To A Coal-free Hawaii.

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-2657

Subjects: Electricity Generation, Coal, Prohibition, Environmental Response, Energy, And Food Security Tax

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-5625

Subjects: Environmental Protection, International Affairs, Africa, Air Quality, Alternative And Renewable Resources, Asia, China, Climate Change And Greenhouse Gases, Coal, Congressional Oversight

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: A RESOLUTION calling for the restoration of the Kentucky River as a navigable waterway.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HR-37

Subjects: Economic Development, Tourism, Waterways And Dams, Coal, Commerce

Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-239

Subjects: Labor And Industry, Physicians And Practitioners, Workers' Compensation, Coal

Democrat: 61% (16) Republican: 38% (10)

Coal

SB-263

State (Kentucky)

SB-251

State (Kentucky)

HB-606

State (Kentucky)

HB-583

State (Kentucky)

HB-497

State (Kentucky)

SB-215

State (Kentucky)

HB-5865

Federal

HB-1543

State (Maryland)

HB-919

State (Maryland)

HB-969

State (Maryland)

SB-865

State (Maryland)

SB-912

State (Maryland)

SB-902

State (Maryland)

SB-730

State (Maryland)

HB-5704

Federal

HB-553

State (Maryland)

HB-2657

State (Hawaii)

HB-5625

Federal

HR-37

State (Kentucky)

HB-239

State (Kentucky)