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Bill AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of "storage," "low-level nuclear waste," and "mixed nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities. AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of "storage," "low-level nuclear waste," and "mixed nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS SB 11 Kentucky SB 11 (2017RS)
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Kentucky SB 11 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of "storage," "low-level nuclear waste," and "mixed nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities.

Version chain

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

  1. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB 11 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

  • 2016-09-19 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
  • 2017-01-03 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2017-01-07 To Natural Resources & Energy (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) reading-1
  • 2017-02-16 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-02-21 Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2017-03-01 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 1, 2017
  • 2017-03-01 3rd reading, passed 27-8 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-02 Received in House
  • 2017-03-03 To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-06 Posted in committee
  • 2017-03-07 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-03-08 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-03-08 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
  • 2017-03-15 3rd reading, passed 65-28 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-15 Received in Senate
  • 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-03-15 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-03-27 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 118) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0adf0722-ba17-425e-9add-f3931d738d2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).