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Bill AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and declaring an emergency. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving a request by a utility to retire a coal-fired electric generator unless the utility demonstrates that the retirement will not have a negative impact on the reliability or the resilience of the electric grid or the affordability of the customer's electric utility rate; require the Public Service Commission to submit an annual report on retirements of electric generating units by December 1 to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2023RS SB 4 Kentucky SB 4 (2023RS)
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Kentucky SB 4 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving a request by a utility to retire a coal-fired electric generator unless the utility demonstrates that the retirement will not have a negative impact on the reliability or the resilience of the electric grid or the affordability of the customer's electric utility rate; require the Public Service Commission to submit an annual report on retirements of electric generating units by December 1 to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 118 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Final Passage — pass (pass) · upper
  • PASS SB 4 W/ scs1 sfa2 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S) referral-committee
  • 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
  • 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
  • 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 passed 25-8 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2) passage
  • 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
  • 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
  • 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
  • 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 66-28 passage, reading-3
  • 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
  • 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 118) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fd2917c-503b-4e0e-8954-75dc04d0b24d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).