republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-29.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to solid waste management facilities and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to prohibit the imposition of fees or permitting requirements on a solid waste management facility that is handling solid waste that was generated outside of the county or waste management district where the solid waste management facility is located, by the county or waste management district where solid waste was generated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Kentucky SB 29 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Environment And Conservation", "Fees", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Special Districts", "Waste Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "G. Boswell", "G. Elkins", "M. Wilson", "R. Girdler", "S. Rawlings"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30cbf274-2e83-4e70-bb44-cbf8b3f06638"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb29.html"
source_hash: "85de0b1fee551399a5db55751a370cabb7f39f68fe26b92471e33b85acdc3b20"
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 29 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to solid waste management facilities and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to prohibit the imposition of fees or permitting requirements on a solid waste management facility that is handling solid waste that was generated outside of the county or waste management district where the solid waste management facility is located, by the county or waste management district where solid waste was generated.

## 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/26RS/sb29/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0086.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb29/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **70–19** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 29 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 29 w/ HCS 1, HFA 3, HFA 2 (T) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- G. Boswell — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- S. Rawlings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 70-19 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30cbf274-2e83-4e70-bb44-cbf8b3f06638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).