republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-174.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to underground facility damage prevention."
description: "Amend KRS 367.4903 to add definitions for \"communications network,\" \"communications service provider,\" and \"communications terminal\"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require that if damage is done to an underground gas or hazardous liquid facility and no attempt to locate the underground facility was made, the operator shall include in its report to the Public Service Commission the distance from the communications terminal that the damage occurred; require the Public Service Commission to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1, 2025, detailing the number of damage reports from communications service providers that occurred in the area where they are allowed to use nonintrusive excavation; amend KRS 367.4915 to exempt from the underground facility damage prevention requirements nonintrusive excavating of a depth not greater than 12 inches and within 12 inches of a communication service provider's own communications network."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Kentucky SB 174 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications", "Information Technology", "Public Protection", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Carpenter", "M. Deneen", "R. Girdler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7306b97a-7588-432c-82a5-d6b67e031d6d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb174.html"
source_hash: "d8c49ea1dbd80d1561d0ed8ce5f9202cd0ec6c8384a3afd7636a0cdc544f1000"
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 174 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to underground facility damage prevention.

Amend KRS 367.4903 to add definitions for "communications network," "communications service provider," and "communications terminal"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require that if damage is done to an underground gas or hazardous liquid facility and no attempt to locate the underground facility was made, the operator shall include in its report to the Public Service Commission the distance from the communications terminal that the damage occurred; require the Public Service Commission to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1, 2025, detailing the number of damage reports from communications service providers that occurred in the area where they are allowed to use nonintrusive excavation; amend KRS 367.4915 to exempt from the underground facility damage prevention requirements nonintrusive excavating of a depth not greater than 12 inches and within 12 inches of a communication service provider's own communications network.

## 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/24RS/sb174/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0021.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb174/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 174 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Carpenter — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `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`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7306b97a-7588-432c-82a5-d6b67e031d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).