---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of \"water\" or \"waters of the Commonwealth\"; amend KRS 224.1-300 to provide that the definitions contained therein only apply to KRS 224.1-300 and 224.1-310; amend KRS 350.010 to define \"long-term treatment\"; amend KRS 350.060 to establish the means of calculating the additional bond amount required for a permit or permit increment for which the Energy and Environment Cabinet determines long-term treatment is required; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Kentucky SB 89 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds of Surety", "Coal", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Environment and Conservation", "Federal Laws and Regulations", "Financial Responsibility", "Minerals and Mining", "Surface Mining", "Waterways and Dams"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7865c8d5-9b61-41c1-8666-ec65b800426b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb89.html"
source_hash: "003dbbc55d2653b7c231293cc4dbd211f91e713e91d8fc0e5f405e980e10e8a4"
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 89 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 224.1-300 to provide that the definitions contained therein only apply to KRS 224.1-300 and 224.1-310; amend KRS 350.010 to define "long-term treatment"; amend KRS 350.060 to establish the means of calculating the additional bond amount required for a permit or permit increment for which the Energy and Environment Cabinet determines long-term treatment is required; EMERGENCY.

## 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/25RS/sb89/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0119.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb89/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage SB 89 W/ hcs1 — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **66–23** (pass) · upper
- Override Veto Final Passage SB 89 — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 89 — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **69–26** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 14, 2025
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 69-26 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-7 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-8 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 66-23 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 119) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7865c8d5-9b61-41c1-8666-ec65b800426b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).