---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of \"storage,\" \"low-level nuclear waste,\" and \"mixed nuclear waste\"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities."
description: "AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of \"storage,\" \"low-level nuclear waste,\" and \"mixed nuclear waste\"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "Kentucky SB 11 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-09-19"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0adf0722-ba17-425e-9add-f3931d738d2a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB11.htm"
source_hash: "43218326e10f8bf0aea64ddf888671d357b54975c520250bda2e0c56705b554c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 11 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of "storage," "low-level nuclear waste," and "mixed nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB11/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 11 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB11/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB11/SCS1.pdf)
4. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB11/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-09-19** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-01-07** To Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-01** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 1, 2017
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading, passed 27-8 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02** Received in House
- **2017-03-03** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 65-28 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 118) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0adf0722-ba17-425e-9add-f3931d738d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).