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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units."
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description: "Amend KRS 278.264 to provide that the Public Service Commission maintains its authority to approve a utility's right to record and seek, prior to retirement authorization, the recovery of any electric generating unit's decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates over the unit's estimated depreciable life."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2026RS"
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identifier: "HB 398"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 398 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Coal", "Energy", "Oil And Natural Gas", "Public Utilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["W. Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f36ebd7-6b84-49d9-b3c0-30a5d00993e2"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb398.html"
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source_hash: "e98184d07bdac8095a97cbd737a04108587c75bd9839e55db8810919a9c2530f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 398 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.
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Amend KRS 278.264 to provide that the Public Service Commission maintains its authority to approve a utility's right to record and seek, prior to retirement authorization, the recovery of any electric generating unit's decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates over the unit's estimated depreciable life.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb398/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0095.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb398/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage — **81–14** (pass) · lower
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- PASS HB 398 w/ SCS 1 — **30–6** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **78–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- W. Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 02 2026
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- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-15 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
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- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
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- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-6 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 81-14 `passage`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
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- **2026-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 95) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f36ebd7-6b84-49d9-b3c0-30a5d00993e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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