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KCC “Oppose” bills Vetoed by the Governor- Now passed- Thank you for your calls.
Senate Bill 1: Education Bill - Shifts day-to-day operations, administrative duties, transportation, personnel matters, school conduct and instruction, and strategic plan implementation, hiring, and dismissals, authority from Board of Education to Superintendent. Prepares all rules and policies for board approval, but approval can only be withheld with a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the board to deny adoption. [Takes away local control] [UPDATE 4/14- Vetoes overridden and passed, Delivered to the Sec. of Sate 4/14]
Senate Bill 100: EPIC Commission (Fossil Fuels) - The Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, which requires that utilities now receive findings from the full commission (rather than just the executive committee) before retiring coal, oil, or natural gas plants, and grants the Executive Director of EPIC full authority to act on behalf of EPIC, with the board and executive committee now only serving in an advisory capacity. Empowers EPIC to exercise its authority to conduct energy planning, assess energy supply adequacy, and review proposed electric generating facility requirements without interference or influence from any Kentucky executive branch agency. Allows the executive director to have standing either jointly or separately with the executive committee to intervene in any case before the Public Service Commission. [UPDATE 4/14- Vetoes overridden and passed, Delivered to the Sec. of Sate 4/14]
Veto Message: “I, Andy Beshear, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pursuant to the authority granted under section 88 of the Kentucky Constitution, do hereby veto the following: Senate Bill 100 of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly in its entirety. Senate Bill 100 violates the Kentucky Constitution by giving the Governor's authority to appoint two members of the executive committee of the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission to the Attorney General. Unlike the Governor, the Attorney General plays no constitutional role in the oversight of the Commission. In addition, allowing the Attorney General to make appointments to the executive committee creates a conflict of interest with his role in representing ratepayers before the Public Service Commission. For these reasons, I am vetoing Senate Bill 100.” Full link here.
House Bill 10: Governor’s Office - Contains several provisions that limit the Governor’s powers or adds layers of oversight, including establishing additional qualifications to serve on the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission. [UPDATE 4/14- Vetoes overridden and passed, Delivered to the Sec. of Sate 4/14]
Veto Message in part: “, Andy Beshear…do hereby veto the following: House Bill 10 of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly in its entirety. Although House Bill 10 is intended to curb abuses of offices like those committed by my predecessor, it is unconstitutional. Our Supreme Court has held that the Governor's actions cannot be placed under the supervision of another constitutional officer and that constitutional officers cannot supervise the actions ofone another. Brown v. Barkley, 628 S.W.2d 616 (Ky. 1982). House Bill 10 violates these constitutional mandates by requiring that during the six months before a governor's inauguration the Attorney General must approve all Executive Branch lawsuit settlements over $1,000,000 and the Treasurer must approve all travel expense requests of all state constitutional officers. The bill would add these unconstitutional approvals without establishing any guiding or limiting principles. House Bill 10 would thus permit a scenario where the Attorney General or the Treasurer could also be a candidate for governor and prevent their opponent from carrying out necessary functions of their office…” Full link here.
House Bill 139: Elections/Voting - Contains several provisions that adds new voter eligibility barriers. Weakens campaign finance transparency. [UPDATE 4/14- Vetoes overridden and passed, Delivered to the Sec. of Sate 4/14]
Veto message in part: “…As written, House Bill 139 would make it more difficult for Kentuckians to vote, erode the independence of the judiciary in elections, expand the authority of the State Board of Elections to share sensitive voter information with the federal government, and give part-time legislators more authority to shift campaign funds between accounts than ever before in our history. As with previous election-related bills passed by this General Assembly, the foxes are guarding the henhouse…” Full link here.
House Bill 142: Wildlife - Requires the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) to issue a minimum of 5 deer destruction permits to any landowner, spouse, dependent child, or their designee whose lands or personal property have been damaged by wildlife. Requires the KDFWR to issue a deer permit for the taking of 1 additional antlered deer during a hunting season to any requesting individual. And allows any licensed or permitted person to take antlerless deer for a period of 10 days following the conclusion of a muzzle-loading gun season. [UPDATE 4/14- Vetoes overridden and passed, Delivered to the Sec. of Sate 4/14]
Veto message in part: “…in passing House Bill 142, the General Assembly ignored the concerns of Kentucky's sportsmen and sportswomen, as shown in the letters attached. The bill places supervision of managing deer populations in Kentucky with agricultural interests rather than biologists with the required experience to manage such a program. The sportsmen and sportswomen ofthe Commonwealth have also expressed concerns that extending the season for taking antlerless deer will damage a precious resource and constitute poor management of Kentucky's wildlife…” Full link here.
House Bill 607: Redistricting - Changes redistricting provisions for Louisville allowing for more flexibility in how compact and contiguous a voting district is. The requirement that redistricting “shall respect existing neighborhood, community, and city boundaries whenever possible” has been removed. Districts cannot be drawn to contain two or more actively serving council persons in the same district unless an affected incumbent requests it and cannot be drawn to exclude the residence of an actively serving council person. [UPDATE 4/14- Vetoes overridden and passed, Delivered to the Sec. of Sate 4/14]
Veto message in part: “…I am vetoing House Bill 607 because it is unconstitutional special legislation that seeks to reshape Louisville's local government institutions. The law would limit the independence of Louisville's ethics commission from other Louisville city agencies that a strong code of ethics requires. The bill would also establish new guidelines for redistricting and remove any requirement that redistricting efforts respect traditional neighborhood boundaries…” Full link here.
Key Bills Remaining in the Legislature
Senate Bill 141 Public Notification/Legal Advertisements
Support. Amends requirements for legal advertisements and public notices. Posted for passage in the House and in the Orders of the Day for today 4/15.
Senate Bill 197 Economic Development (including Data Centers) - Ask the House Approp. & Revenue to Remove Net Metering Language
House Bill 593 Data Centers - Ask Senate Economic Development to Remove Net Metering Language
A pair of bills that both include provisions on data centers, however both bills also contain problematic language that would impact net metering for renewables: “provide that the load of a data center shall not be used for determining a retail electric supplier's peak load for the purposes of calculating the cap on the net metering service that the retail electric supplier must provide" This section of the statute allows electric utilities to stop offering solar net metering service to new customers once the total capacity of net metering customers reaches 1% of the utilities’“single hour peak load during a calendar year.”
Senate Joint Resolution 62- Waterways and flood cleanup - Leave a message for the “Full Senate” to “Oppose”
Among the provisions, requires the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Division of Water to prepare a report for the General Assembly that details the requirements for accessing waterways affected by flooding for debris cleanup and removal by identifying the federal and state permits required for using equipment and machinery in the waterway, the activities that are prohibited in waterways, any requirements for deposition of debris, and any special considerations when removing hazardous materials. The report must also include recommendations and guidance for potential legislation to make the process easier and more streamlined for state and local governments, including having a one-stop portal to make permit applications and dedicated staff to help administer permit requests and expedite matters related to cleanup after natural disasters. The report must be submitted to the LRC by December 15, 2026. [While we support the efforts to make disaster recovery more accessible to state and local entities, we oppose any efforts to the extent this would remove protection from waterways. There also already exist a one-stop shop online portal for permitting for those permits the state controls, except for permits related to mining].
House Bill 535 - Securitization of Utilities - Leave a message for the “Full House” to “Oppose”
Among its provisions, the bill allows more flexibility for utilities to refinance high-interest debt with lower-cost bonds, which are paid off by a special, separate charge on customer utility bill (the securitized surcharge). The intention is to reduce a utility's overall financing costs, which is intended to lower the burden on the ratepayer compared to traditional rate recovery. However, the bill also requires the construction of other “dispatchable” generation in-state in order to apply for securitization. The definition of dispatchable in Kentucky arbitrarily benefits coal and gas plants as opposed to renewable sources like solar and batteries. The bill also may be special legislation, as it is directed at a specific coal-fired power plant partly owned by the Kentucky Power Company located in West Virginia. Also, the bill requires a utility to freeze rates for two years if applying for securitization. That may have unintended consequences, as the utility's rates will likely jump much higher the next time they are allowed to apply for new rates, causing rate shock.
Senate Joint Resolution 75- Utility Affordability - Leave a message for the “Full House” to “Support”
A joint resolution directing the Public Service Commission to explore measures that would address affordability and the provision of essential utility services and declaring an emergency.
Other Notable Bills Acted On by the Governor This Week:
Senate Bill 8: Public Service Commission- includes several reforms to the Public Service Commission. Among the provisions, expands the PSC from three to five members. The Governor appoints three members. One must be a licensed attorney (7+ years' experience), and two must have at least five years of experience in specific fields like economics, engineering, or utility regulation. The Auditor of Public Accounts appoints the remaining two members. Commissioners serve four-year terms and are limited to a maximum of three terms. No more than two commissioners shall have the same occupation or profession, and no more than three commissioners shall be of the same political party.
[UPDATE 4/12- GOVERNOR ALLOWED THIS BILL TO BE FILED WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE WITH THE SEC. OF STATE. Becomes law without the Governor’s signature]Senate Bill 195: Civil Actions bill- A tort reform bill sought by the Ky. Association of Highway Contractors, concerned with protecting road construction firms from damages, and would make recovery for environmental harm more difficult in Kentucky. The bill Introduces several significant changes to civil causes of action, primarily focusing on motor vehicle safety, insurance claims, timber trespass, consumer protection, public works contractor liability, medical malpractice, and comparative fault standards. Limits liability for utilities for cutting, sawing down, or removing timber of a property owner. Ask the Governor to VETO. [UPDATE 4/12- GOVERNOR ALLOWED THIS BILL TO BE FILED WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE WITH THE SEC. OF STATE. Becomes law without the Governor’s signature]
Senate Bill 29: Solid Waste - Exempts a solid waste management facility handling solid waste generated outside its host county or waste management district from all fees, assessments, permitting, and authorization requirements imposed by the county or district of waste generation. The prohibition on imposing fees on imported solid waste shall not apply to fees mutually agreed to in a franchise agreement that has been authorized by county ordinance. [UPDATE 4/10- SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR]
Senate Bill 39: Fish and Wildlife - Allows the stocking of F1 bass despite long standing recommendations from Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Also includes the removal of KDFWR’s regulatory authority on invasive species, and sets a concerning precedent by placing complex fish and wildlife management decisions in statute rather than with the KDFWR Commission. [UPDATE 4/10- SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR]
House Bill 398: Energy Decommissioning- Affirms that the Public Service Commission maintains its authority to approve a utility's right to recover, prior to retirement authorization, any electric generating unit’s decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates over the electric generating unit's estimated depreciable life. Provides that Public Service Commission approval of an electric generating unit's decommissioning and related costs shall not be considered approval or support for its retirement. [UPDATE 4/12- GOVERNOR ALLOWED THIS BILL TO BE FILED WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE WITH THE SEC. OF STATE and it will now become law without the Governor’s signature]
House Bill 542: Eminent Domain - Among its provisions, requires a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property subject to a conservation easement or an agricultural district to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations. This requirement does not apply to an action initiated by a city, municipal utility, investor-owned utility, or utility cooperative and involves easements for utilities that do not interfere with agricultural operations or result in a taking of agricultural infrastructure. A court may dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated. We oppose in part due to the House Committee Sub (HCS1) that is attached to the bill which now takes away right to recover attorneys fees in the original bill. Will limit defenses to eminent domain at trial. [UPDATE 4/13- SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR]