---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to resource recovery."
description: "Amend KRS 224.1-010 to redefine \"disposal,\" \"municipal solid waste disposal facility,\" \"waste site or facility,\" \"waste,\" and \"solid waste management facility\"; define \"advanced recycling,\" \"advanced recycling facility,\" \"depolymerization,\" \"gasification,\" \"post-use polymer,\" \"pyrolysis,\" \"recovered feedstock,\" and \"solvolysis\"; amend KRS 109.012 to redefine \"solid waste,\" \"solid waste management,\" and \"solid waste management facility.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Kentucky HB 45 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Conservation", "Local Government", "Waste Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "DJ Johnson", "M. Prunty", "R. Palumbo", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-08-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8fcdca-cfac-4707-94c3-c3e98f3301f4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb45.html"
source_hash: "f150739639926b14a7f6bd9e6175d6f178a0c506edc91fcfce2e859cb31969a9"
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 45 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to resource recovery.

Amend KRS 224.1-010 to redefine "disposal," "municipal solid waste disposal facility," "waste site or facility," "waste," and "solid waste management facility"; define "advanced recycling," "advanced recycling facility," "depolymerization," "gasification," "post-use polymer," "pyrolysis," "recovered feedstock," and "solvolysis"; amend KRS 109.012 to redefine "solid waste," "solid waste management," and "solid waste management facility."

## 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/22RS/hb45/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0067.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb45/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 45 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-05T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 31, 2022
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-13 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2022
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed 88-3 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec8fcdca-cfac-4707-94c3-c3e98f3301f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).