republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-398.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.	Amend KRS 278.264 to provide that the Public Service Commission maintains its authority to approve a utility's right to record and seek, prior to retirement authorization, the recovery of any electric generating unit's decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates over the unit's estimated depreciable life.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 398	Kentucky HB 398 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Coal Energy Oil And Natural Gas Public Utilities	enacted	W. Williams	3	26	3	2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2f36ebd7-6b84-49d9-b3c0-30a5d00993e2	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb398.html	e98184d07bdac8095a97cbd737a04108587c75bd9839e55db8810919a9c2530f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 398 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.

Amend KRS 278.264 to provide that the Public Service Commission maintains its authority to approve a utility's right to record and seek, prior to retirement authorization, the recovery of any electric generating unit's decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates over the unit's estimated depreciable life.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 95 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — 81–14 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 398 w/ SCS 1 — 30–6 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 78–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 02 2026
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 78-15 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-6 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 81-14 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2026-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 95) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f36ebd7-6b84-49d9-b3c0-30a5d00993e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).