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| Bill | AN ACT relating to nuclear energy development. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program; define terms; require the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (authority) to annually submit recommendations to the General Assembly for awarding grant funding to eligible applicants for up to 1/3 of the actual costs incurred in applying for and procuring an early site permit, construction permit, or combined operating license from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not to exceed $25,000,000; establish eligibility requirements and scoring criteria for applications; require the authority to make eligibility determinations and objectively score grant applications; require that applicants procure a surety bond or other similar security to guarantee the repayment of the grant amounts in the event of forfeiture for eligibility; provide for forfeiture and repayment of grant funding if certain permitting, licensure, or commencement of construction timelines are not met; establish the Kentucky nuclear reactor site readiness pilot program fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to allow a regulated utility to apply to the Public Service Commission for the recovery of costs not covered in its existing rates incurred in applying for and procuring an early site permit, construction permit, or combined operating license from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; prohibit the recovery of costs for any amounts that have been offset by grant funding from the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program; amend KRS 164.2802 to require 12 hours of nuclear-related training for new and existing at-large voting members of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; allow the director or the chair of the authority to waive the training requirement for any member who can demonstrate adequate knowledge of nuclear-related issues; require that the authority include its evaluations, scores, and funding recommendations for the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program with its annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 164.2803 to allow fusion-related nuclear energy projects to be eligible for grant funding from the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | SB 57 | Kentucky SB 57 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky SB 57 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to nuclear energy development.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program; define terms; require the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (authority) to annually submit recommendations to the General Assembly for awarding grant funding to eligible applicants for up to 1/3 of the actual costs incurred in applying for and procuring an early site permit, construction permit, or combined operating license from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not to exceed $25,000,000; establish eligibility requirements and scoring criteria for applications; require the authority to make eligibility determinations and objectively score grant applications; require that applicants procure a surety bond or other similar security to guarantee the repayment of the grant amounts in the event of forfeiture for eligibility; provide for forfeiture and repayment of grant funding if certain permitting, licensure, or commencement of construction timelines are not met; establish the Kentucky nuclear reactor site readiness pilot program fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to allow a regulated utility to apply to the Public Service Commission for the recovery of costs not covered in its existing rates incurred in applying for and procuring an early site permit, construction permit, or combined operating license from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; prohibit the recovery of costs for any amounts that have been offset by grant funding from the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program; amend KRS 164.2802 to require 12 hours of nuclear-related training for new and existing at-large voting members of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; allow the director or the chair of the authority to waive the training requirement for any member who can demonstrate adequate knowledge of nuclear-related issues; require that the authority include its evaluations, scores, and funding recommendations for the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program with its annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 164.2803 to allow fusion-related nuclear energy projects to be eligible for grant funding from the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 56 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Pass — 82–11 (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 57 w/ SCS 2, SCS 1 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- G. Neal — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate
introduction - 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
referral-committee - 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitutes (1) and (2)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 02 2026
- 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitutes (1) and (2)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
committee-passage - 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 82-11
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 56)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd932d69-3e75-43a7-8e50-313a412226e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).