republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sjr-175.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION facilitating the deployment of broadband internet service to unserved and underserved citizens in the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency."
description: "Direct the Public Service Commission to promulgate emergency administrative regulations on utility pole attachments for broadband service providers that will address the backlog of pole attachment requests and establish parameters for preventing delays and backlogs of requests in the future; require the Public Service Commission to open a docket to receive comments and requests from affected parties and issue a quarterly report to the Legislative Research Commission beginning September 30, 2024; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SJR 175"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 175 (2024RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Information Technology", "Internet", "Public Utilities", "Reports Mandated", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm", "D. Douglas", "D. Thayer", "G. Elkins", "G. Williams", "L. Tichenor", "R. Mills", "R. Webb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f71db40-dd73-434d-b7fa-c25f1c05d53f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sjr175.html"
source_hash: "88f09cf64a8ebff799e1058c925b36992d3ed91b38b0aad2776de296e4cffe79"
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 175 (2024RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION facilitating the deployment of broadband internet service to unserved and underserved citizens in the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency.

Direct the Public Service Commission to promulgate emergency administrative regulations on utility pole attachments for broadband service providers that will address the backlog of pole attachment requests and establish parameters for preventing delays and backlogs of requests in the future; require the Public Service Commission to open a docket to receive comments and requests from affected parties and issue a quarterly report to the Legislative Research Commission beginning September 30, 2024; EMERGENCY.

## 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/sjr175/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 71** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0071.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sjr175/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT SJR 175 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL ADOPT SJR 175 W/ hcs 1 hfa1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Storm — primary (person)
- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- G. Williams — primary (person)
- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Webb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2024
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 33-0 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** adopted 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 71) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f71db40-dd73-434d-b7fa-c25f1c05d53f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).