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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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enacted | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 | 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/9fd2917c-503b-4e0e-8954-75dc04d0b24d | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb4.html | 7512a9fd38f6594a5e7de7e8fd427904a81da9170fc0e1392a13984c274eb865 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 118 (committee substitute) — source
- 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).