---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to utility fuel costs."
description: "AN ACT relating to utility fuel costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Kentucky SB 257 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities", "State Agencies", "Taxation", "Severance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Wheeler", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c8ec73-98ee-4439-99f5-13902b91ceb6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb257.html"
source_hash: "272c0264ae84a03bf04ed2a6fd3432b6e4453c521111ed4e3bd3332ebb5ca2cb"
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 257 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to utility fuel costs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb257/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0142.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb257/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 257 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 142) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01c8ec73-98ee-4439-99f5-13902b91ceb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).