---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to light pollution and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 571"
citation: "Kentucky HB 571 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Highways", "Streets", "And Bridges", "Local Mandate", "Property", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Hodgson", "K. Holloway", "R. Bivens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67149754-eb2b-4c6b-adc3-364f21ae70ac"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb571.html"
source_hash: "217075dbf59870445d7cd0748c67ca539eb85187ee4476bb96edf6787ea56740"
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 571 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to light pollution and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; 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/26RS/hb571/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0130.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb571/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 571 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- K. Holloway — primary (person)
- R. Bivens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules (S)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67149754-eb2b-4c6b-adc3-364f21ae70ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).