SB 8 KY

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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.

• B. Smith Republican · primary
• R. Mills Republican · primary
• R. Webb Republican · primary
• S. West Republican · primary

1. Mar 2, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Mar 2, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Mar 2, 2026 to Natural Resources & Energy (S) · upper
4. Mar 4, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
5. Mar 5, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Mar 5, 2026 Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) filed to the Committee Substitute · upper
7. Mar 5, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026 · upper
8. Mar 6, 2026 3rd reading · upper
9. Mar 6, 2026 floor amendment (2) withdrawn · upper
10. Mar 6, 2026 floor amendment (3) withdrawn · upper
11. Mar 6, 2026 floor amendment (4) withdrawn · upper
12. Mar 6, 2026 floor amendment (5) withdrawn · upper
13. Mar 6, 2026 passed 30-5-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · upper
14. Mar 10, 2026 received in House · lower
15. Mar 10, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
16. Mar 17, 2026 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) · lower
17. Mar 19, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
18. Mar 19, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · upper
19. Mar 20, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
20. Mar 20, 2026 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute · upper
21. Mar 24, 2026 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
22. Mar 27, 2026 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1) · upper
23. Mar 27, 2026 taken from Rules · upper
24. Mar 27, 2026 placed in the Orders of the Day · upper
25. Mar 27, 2026 floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute (2) · upper
26. Mar 31, 2026 floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute (2) · upper
27. Apr 1, 2026 3rd reading, passed 76-11 with Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (5) · upper
28. Apr 1, 2026 received in Senate · upper
29. Apr 1, 2026 to Rules (S) · upper
30. Apr 1, 2026 taken from Rules · upper
31. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (5) · upper
32. Apr 1, 2026 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (5) · upper
33. Apr 1, 2026 passed 32-5 · upper
34. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
35. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
36. Apr 2, 2026 delivered to Governor · upper
37. Apr 13, 2026 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State · upper
38. Apr 15, 2026 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 185) · upper