---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to solid waste management service companies."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to define \"confidential business information\"; provide that no county or waste management district shall compel the production or submission of confidential business information from a solid waste management service company."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Kentucky HB 135 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Environment and Conservation", "Local Mandate", "Special Districts", "Waste Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bauman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73eb343c-d4de-48f3-bbf4-98c976036d90"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb135.html"
source_hash: "9997e2de7b343aefdd4095fac72376bf83ceaa7e31817906fd9d5f6f2776ab55"
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 HB 135 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to solid waste management service companies.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to define "confidential business information"; provide that no county or waste management district shall compel the production or submission of confidential business information from a solid waste management service company.

## 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/24RS/hb135/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0145.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb135/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 135 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bauman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-18 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 145) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73eb343c-d4de-48f3-bbf4-98c976036d90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).