republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sjr-79.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group."
description: "Establish the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group; attach the working group to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes and staff support; establish the membership of the working group; designate the executive director for the Office of Energy Policy as the chair; require the working group to hold its first meeting no later than September 1, 2023; require the working group to meet at least 3 times before submitting its required report; require the working group to identify the barriers to the deployment of nuclear power generation and related technologies and to consult with stakeholders to develop recommendations for the role of a permanent nuclear energy commission to be established in state government; require the working group to submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1, 2023, detailing all work group activity since its establishment and providing recommendations for the creation of a permanent nuclear energy commission in state government; REPORT MANDATED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SJR 79"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 79 (2023RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Energy", "Environment and Conservation", "Nuclear Energy", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9da36fe-f792-4307-bc41-b0441759a68c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sjr79.html"
source_hash: "4a3b145c0b390adaa504635242211c682469c2fe086cbdeb6fc27e6a328163ee"
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 SJR 79 (2023RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group.

Establish the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group; attach the working group to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes and staff support; establish the membership of the working group; designate the executive director for the Office of Energy Policy as the chair; require the working group to hold its first meeting no later than September 1, 2023; require the working group to meet at least 3 times before submitting its required report; require the working group to identify the barriers to the deployment of nuclear power generation and related technologies and to consult with stakeholders to develop recommendations for the role of a permanent nuclear energy commission to be established in state government; require the working group to submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1, 2023, detailing all work group activity since its establishment and providing recommendations for the creation of a permanent nuclear energy commission in state government; REPORT MANDATED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sjr79/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0018.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sjr79/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT SJR 79 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 100-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9da36fe-f792-4307-bc41-b0441759a68c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).