---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to biosolids."
description: "Create a new section of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate new administrative regulations to regulate biosolids from wastewater treatment at a publicly owned treatment works in conformity with and no more stringent than federal standards under 40 C.F.R. pt. 503."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Kentucky SB 213 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Environment and Conservation", "Local Mandate", "Pollution", "Public Works", "Sewer Systems", "State Agencies", "Waste Management", "Water Supply"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ea7be8-b5a1-4f7e-9bc7-b17a63a09b07"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb213.html"
source_hash: "724ee107d83802cf85df50940a105e6969b3658188e866a9e8c28ad79a581554"
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 213 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to biosolids.

Create a new section of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate new administrative regulations to regulate biosolids from wastewater treatment at a publicly owned treatment works in conformity with and no more stringent than federal standards under 40 C.F.R. pt. 503.

## 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/23RS/sb213/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0022.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb213/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 213 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8ea7be8-b5a1-4f7e-9bc7-b17a63a09b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).