---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to natural gas pipeline safety. Amend KRS 278.992 to ensure state penalties for violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act conform with federal penalties; amend KRS 367.4903 to define \"commission\" as the Public Service Commission for the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4909 to require underground facility operators to report to the commission excavation damage to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid; amend KRS 367.4911 to conform; amend KRS 367. 4917 to authorize the commission to enforce and assess civil penalties for damages to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid."
description: "AN ACT relating to natural gas pipeline safety. Amend KRS 278.992 to ensure state penalties for violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act conform with federal penalties; amend KRS 367.4903 to define \"commission\" as the Public Service Commission for the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4909 to require underground facility operators to report to the commission excavation damage to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid; amend KRS 367.4911 to conform; amend KRS 367. 4917 to authorize the commission to enforce and assess civil penalties for damages to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "Kentucky SB 104 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Hornback"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7b9632e-6f70-45b5-8c60-9d39ed357e5b"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB104.htm"
source_hash: "1c75a0c8b0f6b563baf6db3363dc520733c6566b49308cb5121cd63e00ee6991"
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 104 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to natural gas pipeline safety. Amend KRS 278.992 to ensure state penalties for violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act conform with federal penalties; amend KRS 367.4903 to define "commission" as the Public Service Commission for the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4909 to require underground facility operators to report to the commission excavation damage to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid; amend KRS 367.4911 to conform; amend KRS 367. 4917 to authorize the commission to enforce and assess civil penalties for damages to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB104/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 104 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB104/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB104/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- P. Hornback — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** To Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Received in House
- **2018-03-01** To Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading, passed 86-6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 70) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7b9632e-6f70-45b5-8c60-9d39ed357e5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).