republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/sb-151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the local provision of wastewater services. Amend KRS 65.240, relating to interlocal agreements, KRS 74.407, relating to water districts, KRS 76.080, relating to metropolitan sewer districts, KRS 76.231, relating to joint sewer agencies, KRS 76.325, relating to sewer construction districts, and create a new section of KRS 220.010 to 220.540, relating to sanitation districts, to allow each agency or entity to contract with other entities to acquire wastewater facilities in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance when the entity's facilities are outside of that particular agency's jurisdictional boundaries."
description: "AN ACT relating to the local provision of wastewater services. Amend KRS 65.240, relating to interlocal agreements, KRS 74.407, relating to water districts, KRS 76.080, relating to metropolitan sewer districts, KRS 76.231, relating to joint sewer agencies, KRS 76.325, relating to sewer construction districts, and create a new section of KRS 220.010 to 220.540, relating to sanitation districts, to allow each agency or entity to contract with other entities to acquire wastewater facilities in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance when the entity's facilities are outside of that particular agency's jurisdictional boundaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Kentucky SB 151 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bowen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25a6e6a2-c5f4-44ee-8e6c-9ddf943daf62"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB151.htm"
source_hash: "a285f63a950c3d923b82be1c620171d69b091119b90af267d09fec18e40e97ae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 151 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the local provision of wastewater services. Amend KRS 65.240, relating to interlocal agreements, KRS 74.407, relating to water districts, KRS 76.080, relating to metropolitan sewer districts, KRS 76.231, relating to joint sewer agencies, KRS 76.325, relating to sewer construction districts, and create a new section of KRS 220.010 to 220.540, relating to sanitation districts, to allow each agency or entity to contract with other entities to acquire wastewater facilities in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance when the entity's facilities are outside of that particular agency's jurisdictional boundaries.

## Version chain

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

1. **HCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB151/HCA1.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB151/HCS1.pdf)
3. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB151/HFA2.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB151/bill.pdf)
5. **SB 151 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB151/orig_bill.pdf)
6. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB151/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bowen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2018-03-12** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-12** Returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2018-03-13** Taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2018-03-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received in House
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2018-03-20** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2018-03-20** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-21** Taken from State Government (H)
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Returned to State Government (H)
- **2018-03-29** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute & committee amendment (1-title)
- **2018-03-29** Taken from Rules
- **2018-03-29** Placed in the Consent Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-29** Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 49-46 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-29** Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute & committee amendment (1-title)
- **2018-03-29** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute & committee amendment (1-title)
- **2018-03-29** Bill passed 22-15
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 107) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25a6e6a2-c5f4-44ee-8e6c-9ddf943daf62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).