HB 651 KY

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Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet 3 or more of the specified eligibility criteria instead of 1; exclude projects that expand the utility service of funding applicants from the definition of "eligible project"; require that a funding application include a detailed budget for all proposed project expenses; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; require that approved eligible funding recipients adopt best management practices that would address the performance deficiencies that made the applicant eligible for funding; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding eligibility criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the amount of stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration entering the funding applicant's system seriously impairs its effectiveness; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the estimated costs are comparable to actual costs incurred for similar projects; add to the funding evaluation criteria that a licensed professional engineer signed an attestation of the application's veracity; require that in the evaluation of the funding applications, the board separately score and individually rank all eligible projects, with additional consideration given to projects that provide or restore safe water or wastewater utility service; EMERGENCY.

• J. Bray Republican · primary
• J. Petrie Republican · primary

1. Feb 17, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 17, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 24, 2026 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) · lower
4. Feb 27, 2026 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H) · lower
5. Feb 27, 2026 1st reading · lower
6. Feb 27, 2026 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H) · lower
7. Feb 27, 2026 reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
8. Mar 2, 2026 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
9. Mar 2, 2026 2nd reading · lower
10. Mar 2, 2026 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
11. Mar 3, 2026 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
12. Mar 3, 2026 taken from Rules · lower
13. Mar 3, 2026 placed in the Orders of the Day · lower
14. Mar 3, 2026 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
15. Mar 4, 2026 received in Senate · upper
16. Mar 4, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
17. Mar 6, 2026 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
18. Mar 25, 2026 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
19. Mar 25, 2026 1st reading · lower
20. Mar 25, 2026 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
21. Mar 26, 2026 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
22. Mar 26, 2026 2nd reading · lower
23. Mar 26, 2026 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
24. Mar 31, 2026 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill · lower
25. Mar 31, 2026 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026 · lower
26. Mar 31, 2026 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
27. Mar 31, 2026 received in House · lower
28. Mar 31, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
29. Mar 31, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
30. Mar 31, 2026 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) · lower
31. Mar 31, 2026 passed 93-0 · lower
32. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
33. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
34. Apr 1, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
35. Apr 13, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116) · lower