---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to environmental emergencies."
description: "Amend KRS 224.1-401 to require that the chief executive officers of all forms of local government and mayors receive notification of a declaration of an environmental emergency in their jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 583"
citation: "Kentucky HB 583 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter County Government", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "County Judges/Executive", "Environment and Conservation", "Hazardous Materials", "Local Government", "Notices", "Unified Local Governments", "Waste Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Aull", "D. Frazier Gordon", "D. Lewis", "J. Bray", "K. Banta", "K. Timoney", "M. Meredith", "P. Pratt", "S. Bratcher", "W. Lawrence", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b81f1e8e-af02-4a42-8cbb-5623364a7ce4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb583.html"
source_hash: "b75ef1562d6d7335580bcc4379947107e1e80a0b7995e345f3ecc31e65741fa5"
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 583 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to environmental emergencies.

Amend KRS 224.1-401 to require that the chief executive officers of all forms of local government and mayors receive notification of a declaration of an environmental emergency in their jurisdiction.

## 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/hb583/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0060.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb583/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 583 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Aull — primary (person)
- D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `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
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b81f1e8e-af02-4a42-8cbb-5623364a7ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).