republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-136.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to environmental audits.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to define "environmental audit" and to provide that a person or facility subject to the requirements of KRS Chapter 77 that performs an environmental audit according to the requirements of KRS 224.1-040 shall be entitled to all of the benefits, privileges, and protections afforded by that section; amend KRS 224.1-040 to allow facilities regulated by air pollution control districts established under KRS Chapter 77 to avail themselves of the same environmental audit process available to facilities regulated by the Energy and Environment Cabinet under KRS Chapter 224; allow owners or operators of facilities regulated by air pollution control boards under KRS Chapter 77 to make voluntary disclosures as a result of the findings of an environmental audit; create an environmental audit privilege to protect the confidentiality of communications relating to voluntary internal environmental audits of facilities regulated under KRS Chapter 77; prohibit an air pollution control district from seeking civil penalties against a facility for a violation of KRS Chapter 77 or the rules, orders, or administrative regulations promulgated thereunder if certain conditions are met.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 136	Kentucky HB 136 (2024RS)	bill	Audits and Auditors Boards and Commissions Civil Actions Environment and Conservation Pollution	enacted	A. Bowling J. Bauman J. Gooch Jr. P. Flannery	3	39	4	2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/74172ce6-266e-4ac8-8181-618f8dafb303	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb136.html	2537440d1a2f108af4309e9eda13b7cce87705614af661c8c114688ccac1c738	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 136 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to environmental audits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to define "environmental audit" and to provide that a person or facility subject to the requirements of KRS Chapter 77 that performs an environmental audit according to the requirements of KRS 224.1-040 shall be entitled to all of the benefits, privileges, and protections afforded by that section; amend KRS 224.1-040 to allow facilities regulated by air pollution control districts established under KRS Chapter 77 to avail themselves of the same environmental audit process available to facilities regulated by the Energy and Environment Cabinet under KRS Chapter 224; allow owners or operators of facilities regulated by air pollution control boards under KRS Chapter 77 to make voluntary disclosures as a result of the findings of an environmental audit; create an environmental audit privilege to protect the confidentiality of communications relating to voluntary internal environmental audits of facilities regulated under KRS Chapter 77; prohibit an air pollution control district from seeking civil penalties against a facility for a violation of KRS Chapter 77 or the rules, orders, or administrative regulations promulgated thereunder if certain conditions are met.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 178 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Veto Override HB 136 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Veto Override — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 136 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• J. Bauman — primary (person)
• J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 22, 2024
• 2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-12 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-5 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 77-20 passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 26-6 passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 178) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74172ce6-266e-4ac8-8181-618f8dafb303. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).