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Bill AN ACT relating to state dealings with companies that engage in energy company boycotts. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to declare findings regarding the financial harms of boycotting energy companies for dealing in fossil-fuel based energy; define terms; require the State Treasurer to publish, maintain, and update a list of financial companies engaged in energy company boycotts and to file the list with the Legislative Research Commission and the Attorney General; require state governmental entities to notify the Treasurer of the listed financial companies in which the state governmental entity owns direct or indirect holdings; require state governmental entities to inform and warn listed financial companies that they may become subject to divestment by the state governmental agency unless they clarify their actions or cease their energy company boycott; require state governmental entities to divest from the listed financial company if it does not cease its energy company boycott in the timeframes established by the section; provide for delays in the divestment schedule if it will result in a loss of value or a benchmark deviation; require for delays in divestment to be reported to the Treasurer, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Attorney General; provide that a state governmental entity shall not be required to divest from any holdings in actively or passively managed investment funds or private equity funds; provide for exceptions from divestment requirements; require that beginning on December 1, 2023, and each December 1 thereafter, each state governmental agency shall file a report with the Treasurer, the Attorney General, and the Legislative Research Commission identifying the divestments it made and the investments prohibited under the Act; allow the Attorney General or the Treasurer to enforce Sections 1 to 4 and 5 of the Act; prohibit a governmental entity from entering into a contract for goods or services with a company that engages in energy company boycotts; provide exceptions; amend KRS 286.2-015 to conform. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2022RS SB 205 Kentucky SB 205 (2022RS)
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Kentucky SB 205 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to state dealings with companies that engage in energy company boycotts.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to declare findings regarding the financial harms of boycotting energy companies for dealing in fossil-fuel based energy; define terms; require the State Treasurer to publish, maintain, and update a list of financial companies engaged in energy company boycotts and to file the list with the Legislative Research Commission and the Attorney General; require state governmental entities to notify the Treasurer of the listed financial companies in which the state governmental entity owns direct or indirect holdings; require state governmental entities to inform and warn listed financial companies that they may become subject to divestment by the state governmental agency unless they clarify their actions or cease their energy company boycott; require state governmental entities to divest from the listed financial company if it does not cease its energy company boycott in the timeframes established by the section; provide for delays in the divestment schedule if it will result in a loss of value or a benchmark deviation; require for delays in divestment to be reported to the Treasurer, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Attorney General; provide that a state governmental entity shall not be required to divest from any holdings in actively or passively managed investment funds or private equity funds; provide for exceptions from divestment requirements; require that beginning on December 1, 2023, and each December 1 thereafter, each state governmental agency shall file a report with the Treasurer, the Attorney General, and the Legislative Research Commission identifying the divestments it made and the investments prohibited under the Act; allow the Attorney General or the Treasurer to enforce Sections 1 to 4 and 5 of the Act; prohibit a governmental entity from entering into a contract for goods or services with a company that engages in energy company boycotts; provide exceptions; amend KRS 286.2-015 to conform.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 120 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS SB 205 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
  • FINAL PASSAGE SB 205 w/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper
  • Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • B. Smith — primary (person)
  • B. Storm — primary (person)
  • D. Carroll — primary (person)
  • J. Carpenter — primary (person)
  • P. Wheeler — primary (person)
  • R. Alvarado — primary (person)
  • R. Girdler — primary (person)
  • R. Mills — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 26-5 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 73-22 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 29-6 passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 120) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84625a9f-b408-4abc-96d9-71462439826a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).