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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency."
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description: "Amend KRS 224.80-190 to allow for the amendment of an environmental covenant without the approval of some of the previously required signatories if the sole effect of the amendment is to remove or reduce a land use restriction in the environmental covenant that the Energy and Environment Cabinet has determined is no longer necessary and certain new procedural requirements have been satisfied; provide that when the cabinet determines that a land use restriction in an environmental covenant can be reduced or eliminated, it shall provide notice to the affected parties and opportunity for them to object to the determination; allow for affected parties to seek judicial review of a cabinet determination; amend KRS 224.80-180 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY."
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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: "SB 222"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 222 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Circuit", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Environment And Conservation", "Land Use", "Pollution", "Property", "Retroactive Legislation", "State Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["G. Elkins", "G. Neal", "K. Herron", "M. Deneen", "R. Mills", "R. Thomas", "S. Funke Frommeyer"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9516c9f9-293d-437d-89c5-45bb86db17e2"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb222.html"
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source_hash: "23286bedc13bfc2acfbd13ff292b3995848d1869475e07f75ea0fdd8f462013d"
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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 SB 222 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency.
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Amend KRS 224.80-190 to allow for the amendment of an environmental covenant without the approval of some of the previously required signatories if the sole effect of the amendment is to remove or reduce a land use restriction in the environmental covenant that the Energy and Environment Cabinet has determined is no longer necessary and certain new procedural requirements have been satisfied; provide that when the cabinet determines that a land use restriction in an environmental covenant can be reduced or eliminated, it shall provide notice to the affected parties and opportunity for them to object to the determination; allow for affected parties to seek judicial review of a cabinet determination; amend KRS 224.80-180 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.
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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/sb222/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0055.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb222/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASS SB 222 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- G. Elkins — primary (person)
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- G. Neal — primary (person)
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- K. Herron — primary (person)
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- M. Deneen — primary (person)
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- R. Mills — primary (person)
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- R. Thomas — primary (person)
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- S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
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- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
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- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 55) `executive-signature`
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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/9516c9f9-293d-437d-89c5-45bb86db17e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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