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KY HB 398

enacted

AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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.

Introduced
2026-01-15
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-04-12 — became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 95)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • W. Williamsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-15

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-15

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-23

    to Natural Resources & Energy (H)

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-29

    reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-01-30

    2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  6. 2026-01-30

    posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 02 2026

  7. 2026-02-02

    3rd reading, passed 78-15

    passage,reading-3

  8. 2026-02-03

    received in Senate

  9. 2026-02-03

    to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-03-20

    to Natural Resources & Energy (S)

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-03-24

    taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)

  12. 2026-03-24

    1st reading

    reading-1

  13. 2026-03-24

    returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)

  14. 2026-03-25

    reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  15. 2026-03-25

    posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026

  16. 2026-03-26

    3rd reading, passed 30-6 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage,reading-3

  17. 2026-03-27

    received in House

  18. 2026-03-27

    to Rules (H)

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-03-31

    posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  20. 2026-03-31

    House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)

  21. 2026-03-31

    passed 81-14

    passage

  22. 2026-03-31

    enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage

  23. 2026-03-31

    enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage

  24. 2026-03-31

    delivered to Governor

  25. 2026-04-10

    filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State

  26. 2026-04-12

    became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 95)

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Pass

    2026-02-02 · pass · 78-15

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Baker: yes
    • Dotson: yes
    • Holloway: yes
    • Meade: yes
    • Rudy: yes
    • Banta: yes
    • Duvall: yes
    • Huff T: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Sharp: yes
    • Bauman: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Imes: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Bivens: yes
    • Fister: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Bowling: yes
    • Flannery: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Neighbors: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Branscum: yes
    • Fleming: yes
    • King: yes
    • Nemes: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Bratcher S.: yes
    • Freeland: yes
    • Koch: yes
    • Osborne: yes
    • Tipton: yes
    • Bray: yes
    • Gooch: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Payne: yes
    • Truett: yes
    • Bridges: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Lewis C: yes
    • Petrie: yes
    • Upchurch: yes
    • Callaway: yes
    • Griffee: yes
    • Lewis D: yes
    • Pollock: yes
    • Wesley: yes
    • Calloway: yes
    • Grossl: yes
    • Lewis S: yes
    • Proctor: yes
    • Whitaker: yes
    • Clines: yes
    • Hale: yes
    • Lockett: yes
    • Rabourn: yes
    • White: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • Maddox: yes
    • Raymer: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Dietz: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Massaroni: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Doan: yes
    • Heavrin: yes
    • McCool: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Witten: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hodgson: yes
    • McPherson: yes
    • Bojanowski: no
    • Camuel: no
    • Gentry: no
    • Marzian: no
    • Stevenson P: no
    • Brown: no
    • Donworth: no
    • Grossberg: no
    • Roarx: no
    • Watkins: no
    • Burke: no
    • Fugate: no
    • Kulkarni: no
    • Stalker: no
    • Willner: no
    • Aull: not voting
    • Chester-Burton: not voting
    • Lawrence: not voting
    • Meredith: not voting
    • Tackett Laferty: not voting
    • Blanton: not voting
    • Hampton: not voting

  • PASS HB 398 w/ SCS 1

    2026-03-26 · pass · 30-6

    Member-level votes (38)
    • Boswell: yes
    • Givens: yes
    • Nunn: yes
    • Tichenor: yes
    • Carpenter: yes
    • Higdon: yes
    • Raque Adams: yes
    • Webb: yes
    • Carroll: yes
    • Madon: yes
    • Rawlings: yes
    • West: yes
    • Deneen: yes
    • Mays Bledsoe: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Douglas: yes
    • McDaniel: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Elkins: yes
    • Meredith: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Funke Frommeyer: yes
    • Mills: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Wise: yes
    • Girdler: yes
    • Nemes: yes
    • Berg: no
    • Clemons: no
    • Neal: no
    • Thomas: no
    • ChambersArmstrong: no
    • Herron: no
    • Howell: not voting
    • Stivers: not voting

  • Final Passage

    2026-03-31 · pass · 81-14

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Baker: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Heavrin: yes
    • McCool: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Banta: yes
    • Dotson: yes
    • Hodgson: yes
    • McPherson: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Bauman: yes
    • Duvall: yes
    • Holloway: yes
    • Meade: yes
    • Rudy: yes
    • Bivens: yes
    • Fister: yes
    • Huff T: yes
    • Meredith: yes
    • Sharp: yes
    • Blanton: yes
    • Flannery: yes
    • Imes: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Bowling: yes
    • Fleming: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Branscum: yes
    • Freeland: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Bratcher S.: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • King: yes
    • Neighbors: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Bray: yes
    • Gooch: yes
    • Koch: yes
    • Nemes: yes
    • Tipton: yes
    • Bridges: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Osborne: yes
    • Upchurch: yes
    • Callaway: yes
    • Griffee: yes
    • Lewis C: yes
    • Payne: yes
    • Wesley: yes
    • Calloway: yes
    • Grossl: yes
    • Lewis D: yes
    • Petrie: yes
    • Whitaker: yes
    • Chester-Burton: yes
    • Hale: yes
    • Lewis S: yes
    • Pollock: yes
    • White: yes
    • Clines: yes
    • Hampton: yes
    • Lockett: yes
    • Proctor: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • Maddox: yes
    • Rabourn: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Dietz: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Massaroni: yes
    • Raymer: yes
    • Witten: yes
    • Doan: yes
    • Aull: no
    • Burke: no
    • Gentry: no
    • Marzian: no
    • Watkins: no
    • Bojanowski: no
    • Camuel: no
    • Grossberg: no
    • Roarx: no
    • Willner: no
    • Brown: no
    • Donworth: no
    • Kulkarni: no
    • Stalker: no
    • Elliott: not voting
    • Lawrence: not voting
    • Stevenson P: not voting
    • Tackett Laferty: not voting
    • Truett: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb398.html

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