Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | AN ACT relating to water pollution control. | Amend KRS 224.16-080 to provide that any Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) permittee seeking to rely on a mixing zone for a bioaccumulative chemical concern assigned before September 8, 2004, include information identifying the mixing zone in its application for a modification or approval of a KPDES permit; require that any change or extinguishment in a mixing zone requirement for a bioaccumulative chemical of concern only be accomplished through a formal KPDES permitting action by the Energy and Environment Cabinet conducted pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A; amend KRS 224.16-090 to provide that if a KPDES permit applicant requests in their application for a modification or renewal of a permit that the Energy and Environment Cabinet take into account rapid and complete mixing at a wastewater outfall, the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall apply rapid and complete mixing in establishing water quality-based effluent limitations and conditions under the KPDES permit if the discharge occurs through a submerged high-rate multi-port outfall structure. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2023RS | HB 160 | Kentucky HB 160 (2023RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 | 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/9eebbe77-9b7e-4d67-aa99-0061cb896190 | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb160.html | aa7f46a244bcd776c705c7d59604efa94dcd601fd45a560fe584d32038522435 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky HB 160 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to water pollution control.
Amend KRS 224.16-080 to provide that any Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) permittee seeking to rely on a mixing zone for a bioaccumulative chemical concern assigned before September 8, 2004, include information identifying the mixing zone in its application for a modification or approval of a KPDES permit; require that any change or extinguishment in a mixing zone requirement for a bioaccumulative chemical of concern only be accomplished through a formal KPDES permitting action by the Energy and Environment Cabinet conducted pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A; amend KRS 224.16-090 to provide that if a KPDES permit applicant requests in their application for a modification or renewal of a permit that the Energy and Environment Cabinet take into account rapid and complete mixing at a wastewater outfall, the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall apply rapid and complete mixing in establishing water quality-based effluent limitations and conditions under the KPDES permit if the discharge occurs through a submerged high-rate multi-port outfall structure.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 37 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Pass — pass (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 160 — pass (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
referral-committee - 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0
passage, reading-3 - 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
referral-committee - 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
committee-passage - 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36 -0
passage, reading-3 - 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 37)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9eebbe77-9b7e-4d67-aa99-0061cb896190. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).