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| Bill | AN ACT relating to public water and wastewater systems and declaring an emergency. | Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet 3 or more of the specified eligibility criteria instead of 1; exclude projects that expand the utility service of funding applicants from the definition of "eligible project"; require that a funding application include a detailed budget for all proposed project expenses; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; require that approved eligible funding recipients adopt best management practices that would address the performance deficiencies that made the applicant eligible for funding; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding eligibility criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the amount of stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration entering the funding applicant's system seriously impairs its effectiveness; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the estimated costs are comparable to actual costs incurred for similar projects; add to the funding evaluation criteria that a licensed professional engineer signed an attestation of the application's veracity; require that in the evaluation of the funding applications, the board separately score and individually rank all eligible projects, with additional consideration given to projects that provide or restore safe water or wastewater utility service; EMERGENCY. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 651 | Kentucky HB 651 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky HB 651 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to public water and wastewater systems and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet 3 or more of the specified eligibility criteria instead of 1; exclude projects that expand the utility service of funding applicants from the definition of "eligible project"; require that a funding application include a detailed budget for all proposed project expenses; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; require that approved eligible funding recipients adopt best management practices that would address the performance deficiencies that made the applicant eligible for funding; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding eligibility criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the amount of stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration entering the funding applicant's system seriously impairs its effectiveness; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the estimated costs are comparable to actual costs incurred for similar projects; add to the funding evaluation criteria that a licensed professional engineer signed an attestation of the application's veracity; require that in the evaluation of the funding applications, the board separately score and individually rank all eligible projects, with additional consideration given to projects that provide or restore safe water or wastewater utility service; EMERGENCY.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 116 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage — 93–0 (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 651 w/ SCS 1 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
referral-committee - 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
- 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill
committee-passage - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+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 93-0
passage - 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. 116)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1cb1cd9-6869-463f-9247-c84d52f1b6d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).