Senate Bill 62

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Last Action 01/10/25: to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Title AN ACT relating to geoengineering.
Bill Documents Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements Corrections Impact
Fiscal Note
Bill Request Number 125
Sponsors S. Rawlings, S. Funke Frommeyer, L. Tichenor
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 512 to make findings and declarations regarding the dangers of atmospheric polluting activities and the Commonwealth's authority to prohibit geoengineering; define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition to all other penalties authorized by law; provide that each day that a person engages in criminal atmospheric pollution constitutes a separate offense; empower all peace officers of the Commonwealth to enforce the provisions of the section; require the arresting officer to issue a notice to the appropriate federal agency that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth.
Index Headings of Original Version Crimes and Punishments - Criminal atmospheric pollution, Class D felony, $500,000 civil penalty
Environment and Conservation - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement
Notices - Criminal atmospheric pollution, federal agency approval, notice of prohibition in Kentucky
Fiscal Note - Criminal atmospheric pollutiion, Class d felony, $500,000 civil penalty
Pollution - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement
Public Safety - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement
Corrections Impact - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement

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01/08/25
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
01/10/25
  • to Appropriations & Revenue (S)


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