---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to municipal utilities."
description: "Amend KRS 42.747 to replace the member serving on the Blockchain Technology Working Group representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing municipal utilities and designated by the Kentucky League of Cities; amend KRS 96.530 to increase from $2,400 to $4,800 the maximum annual pay of a member of municipal utility commission in a city of the home rule class or an urban-county government; amend KRS 96.750 to increase from $2,400 to $4,800 the maximum annual pay of a member of municipal utility commission in a city contracting with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the provision of electric utility service; amend KRS 96.780 to increase the maximum amount from $20,000 to $40,000 that a superintendent employed by an electric plant board contracting with the TVA may spend on behalf of the board without board approval; amend KRS 224A.030 to replace the member serving on the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing a municipal utility that provides water and wastewater services and is designated by the Kentucky League of Cities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Kentucky SB 229 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Cities", "Cities", "Home Rule Class", "Information Technology", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Utilities", "Sewer Systems", "Water Supply"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Thayer", "M. Wilson", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b307481-d323-4b24-b691-bab2a1fc741c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb229.html"
source_hash: "65e2a65377691b49548468e6513362dd9664fa48f4825a1400a8cd7de51d4146"
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 229 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to municipal utilities.

Amend KRS 42.747 to replace the member serving on the Blockchain Technology Working Group representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing municipal utilities and designated by the Kentucky League of Cities; amend KRS 96.530 to increase from $2,400 to $4,800 the maximum annual pay of a member of municipal utility commission in a city of the home rule class or an urban-county government; amend KRS 96.750 to increase from $2,400 to $4,800 the maximum annual pay of a member of municipal utility commission in a city contracting with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the provision of electric utility service; amend KRS 96.780 to increase the maximum amount from $20,000 to $40,000 that a superintendent employed by an electric plant board contracting with the TVA may spend on behalf of the board without board approval; amend KRS 224A.030 to replace the member serving on the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing a municipal utility that provides water and wastewater services and is designated by the Kentucky League of Cities.

## 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/sb229/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0019.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb229/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 229 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2024
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b307481-d323-4b24-b691-bab2a1fc741c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).