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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public utilities and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the membership of the Public Service Commission; provide for the appointment, confirmation, and replacement of commissioners; establish the qualifications of the commissioners; provide for the election of the chair and the delegation of his or her duties; set the terms and term limits for commissioners; set qualifications for intervenors in cases before the commission; provide that in cases in which the Attorney General intervenes, he or she shall be the sole advocate for residential consumers; amend KRS 278.020 to increase the minimum voltage and length of electric transmission lines for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is required for construction; amend KRS 278.040 to provide that the commission is an independent department of state government that is administratively attached to the Auditor of Public Accounts only for the limited functions and purposes that the commission requests; allow the commission, in its sole discretion, to conduct procurements under KRS Chapter 45A, identify and determine the compensation for categories of its professional employees, and engage hearing officers and other entities on a contractual basis; prohibit the commission from being reorganized under KRS Chapter 12; amend KRS 278.060 to prohibit the immediate family members of commissioners from having any official relationship to any utility; allow for a commissioner or an immediate family member to have a pension or a retirement savings account with utility as long as no contributions have been made to it for at least 1 year prior to the commissioner's appointment; amend KRS 278.070 to allow the officer who appointed a commissioner to remove the commissioner for cause; amend KRS 278.100 and 278.120 to allow the commission to appoint and have sole discretion in fixing the compensation of the executive director; require the executive director to be subject to confirmation by the Senate; amend KRS 278.702, 12.020, 43.015, 64.640, 160.617, and 224.10-022 to conform; repeal KRS 278.050, relating to membership of the Public Service Commission; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to make initial appointments to the commission on or before July 1, 2026, and provide for the staggering of the appointments; allow current members of the commission to serve out the remainders of their terms provided that they meet the qualification requirements of the Act; terminate the terms of current commissioners who do not meet the qualification requirements of the Act and provide for their replacement; direct the transfer of all records, files, or documents associated with functions previously performed by the Energy and Environment Cabinet to the Auditor of Public Accounts; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Kentucky SB 8 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Attorney General", "Auditor Of Public Accounts", "Boards And Commissions", "Confirmation Of Appointments", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Public Officers And Employees", "Public Utilities", "State Agencies", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Smith", "R. Mills", "R. Webb", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c8de5f-ea73-440a-a9f1-1229fbe45da0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb8.html"
source_hash: "05ebfc9fec4fa3ea7ed1ee2fe84bcd479f19b0e3977bbc7853ba47c0f258f519"
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 8 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to public utilities and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the membership of the Public Service Commission; provide for the appointment, confirmation, and replacement of commissioners; establish the qualifications of the commissioners; provide for the election of the chair and the delegation of his or her duties; set the terms and term limits for commissioners; set qualifications for intervenors in cases before the commission; provide that in cases in which the Attorney General intervenes, he or she shall be the sole advocate for residential consumers; amend KRS 278.020 to increase the minimum voltage and length of electric transmission lines for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is required for construction; amend KRS 278.040 to provide that the commission is an independent department of state government that is administratively attached to the Auditor of Public Accounts only for the limited functions and purposes that the commission requests; allow the commission, in its sole discretion, to conduct procurements under KRS Chapter 45A, identify and determine the compensation for categories of its professional employees, and engage hearing officers and other entities on a contractual basis; prohibit the commission from being reorganized under KRS Chapter 12; amend KRS 278.060 to prohibit the immediate family members of commissioners from having any official relationship to any utility; allow for a commissioner or an immediate family member to have a pension or a retirement savings account with utility as long as no contributions have been made to it for at least 1 year prior to the commissioner's appointment; amend KRS 278.070 to allow the officer who appointed a commissioner to remove the commissioner for cause; amend KRS 278.100 and 278.120 to allow the commission to appoint and have sole discretion in fixing the compensation of the executive director; require the executive director to be subject to confirmation by the Senate; amend KRS 278.702, 12.020, 43.015, 64.640, 160.617, and 224.10-022 to conform; repeal KRS 278.050, relating to membership of the Public Service Commission; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to make initial appointments to the commission on or before July 1, 2026, and provide for the staggering of the appointments; allow current members of the commission to serve out the remainders of their terms provided that they meet the qualification requirements of the Act; terminate the terms of current commissioners who do not meet the qualification requirements of the Act and provide for their replacement; direct the transfer of all records, files, or documents associated with functions previously performed by the Energy and Environment Cabinet to the Auditor of Public Accounts; 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/26RS/sb8/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 185** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0185.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb8/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS SB 8 w/ SCS 1, SFA 1 — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **76–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 8 w/ HCS 2, HFA 5 — **32–5** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- B. Smith — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Webb — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) filed to the Committee Substitute
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) withdrawn
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) withdrawn
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) withdrawn
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (5) withdrawn
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** passed 30-5-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute (2) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute (2) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 76-11 with Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (5) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (5)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (5)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-5 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 185) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54c8de5f-ea73-440a-a9f1-1229fbe45da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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