---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to oil and gas, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 353.575 to make gender-neutral the requirement that an oil or gas drilling applicant confer with a permittee under KRS Chapter 350 where a permitted surface coal mine area may be disturbed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Kentucky SB 315 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Conservation", "Oil and Natural Gas", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Mills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc744b21-9c73-4480-a00e-75f44d9fd592"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb315.html"
source_hash: "d3fbc1818cc6ed1e715153c11ddd23676e0675607864227eb549153c83c448ba"
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 315 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to oil and gas, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 353.575 to make gender-neutral the requirement that an oil or gas drilling applicant confer with a permittee under KRS Chapter 350 where a permitted surface coal mine area may be disturbed.

## 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/22RS/sb315/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0118.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb315/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 315 w/ scs1 sfa2 scat1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 15, 2022
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** 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/cc744b21-9c73-4480-a00e-75f44d9fd592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).