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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to air quality monitoring."
description: "Amend KRS 77.155 and 224.20-110 to require that for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements established by an air pollution control board, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, or the federal Clean Air Act, only the most current data collection methods approved or promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall be used; provide that data collected using a method that does not meet those requirements shall not be admissible or considered in an enforcement proceeding initiated by the air pollution control board, an air pollution control officer, the cabinet, or a private citizen; amend KRS 77.160 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Kentucky HB 137 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Conservation", "Federal Laws and Regulations", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Pollution", "Special Districts", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc415884-fa6a-4e9b-a503-e6526df4c9d0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb137.html"
source_hash: "b3ee7886ac6470e0cdc78344fd9ec811ec8e0ce93835b7c346ad129fdb9ba34f"
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 HB 137 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to air quality monitoring.
Amend KRS 77.155 and 224.20-110 to require that for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements established by an air pollution control board, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, or the federal Clean Air Act, only the most current data collection methods approved or promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall be used; provide that data collected using a method that does not meet those requirements shall not be admissible or considered in an enforcement proceeding initiated by the air pollution control board, an air pollution control officer, the cabinet, or a private citizen; amend KRS 77.160 to conform.
## 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/25RS/hb137/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 79** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0079.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb137/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 137 — **316** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **7316** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-16 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 79) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc415884-fa6a-4e9b-a503-e6526df4c9d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).