republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-571.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to light pollution and declaring an emergency.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 571	Kentucky HB 571 (2026RS)	bill	Agriculture Effective Dates Emergency Fiscal Note Highways Streets And Bridges Local Mandate Property Transportation	enacted	J. Hodgson K. Holloway R. Bivens	3	23	2	2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/67149754-eb2b-4c6b-adc3-364f21ae70ac	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb571.html	217075dbf59870445d7cd0748c67ca539eb85187ee4476bb96edf6787ea56740	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 571 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to light pollution and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 130 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 571 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Hodgson — primary (person)
• K. Holloway — primary (person)
• R. Bivens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Rules (S)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67149754-eb2b-4c6b-adc3-364f21ae70ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).