Sponsored by: Rep. Hugh Blackwell
Re-ref To Agriculture, Energy, And Environment. If Fav, Re-ref To Judiciary. If Fav, Re-ref To Rules And Operations Of The Senate on 06/05/2025
SR-238: A RESOLUTION urging the Energy and Environment Cabinet to explore and implement strategies to remove waste tires from Kentucky’s streams and waterways.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Adopted on 03/28/2025
You have voted SR-238: A RESOLUTION urging the Energy and Environment Cabinet to explore and implement strategies to remove waste tires from Kentucky’s streams and waterways..
AN ACT relating to residual wastes. [HB-697]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.43-350 to prohibit the Energy and Environment Cabinet from allowing metallurgic, industrial solid waste from being treated as a residual solid waste regardless of whether the waste is reprocessed in the solid waste facility's manufacturing or industrial processes.
HB-697: AN ACT relating to residual wastes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to the environmental remediation fee. [HB-698]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Taxes ]
Amend KRS 224.43-500 to define "residual waste facility"; increase the environmental remediation fee from $1.75 to $2; require that the fee collected from residual waste facilities be returned to the county where the facility is located; amend KRS 224.43-505 to conform.
HB-698: AN ACT relating to the environmental remediation fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to coal combustion by-products. [HB-641]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Amend KRS 224.50-760 to allow coal combustion by-products to be beneficially reused at underground or surface coal mines and to allow for the resulting reclaimed land to be used for any suitable purposes, including agricultural purposes.
HB-641: AN ACT relating to coal combustion by-products.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Gooch
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/06/2025
AN ACT relating to solid waste management. [HB-371]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.40-315 to exclude from the exemption in the definition of municipal solid waste disposal facility any waste site or facility that accepts industrial solid waste generated on or adjacent to property owned by the generator or by another facility owned by the generator or wholly-owned subsidiary; amend KRS 224.43-345 to require a description in the solid waste management plan of capacity expansions for residual waste sites or facilities, including amounts of wastes from areas outside of the solid waste management area.
HB-371: AN ACT relating to solid waste management.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer
Received In Senate on 03/05/2025
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-295]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to define terms; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2030; establish a ban on the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2028; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violations.
HB-295: AN ACT relating to plastic waste.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to waste tires. [SB-86]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.50-854 to remove the exemption for a person who stores waste tires for resale from the requirements of the waste tire program; amend KRS 224.50-856 to allow a person making retail sales of used motor vehicles tires to be eligible for the same accumulator registration exemption as sellers of new motor vehicle tires; amend KRS 224.50-858 to require nonexempt sellers of new or used motor vehicle tires to register and be subject to the requirements of the waste tire program.
SB-86: AN ACT relating to waste tires.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 02/06/2025