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Senate Bill 179

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Last Action	03/14/25: delivered to Governor
Title	AN ACT relating to nuclear energy development, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Current Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Fiscal Note Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	1572
Sponsors	D. Carroll, S. Funke Frommeyer, S. Rawlings, R. Webb, D. Yates
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program to be administered by the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; establish the nuclear energy development grant administration subcommittee and provide for its duties; limit individual grant awards from the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program to $2,000,000 per grant; amend KRS 164.2802 to require the director of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority to publicize and encourage application to the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; require the evaluations and scores of grant applications and grant awards made from the program to be included in the annual report that the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority submits to the Legislative Research Commission; amend 2024 Kentucky Acts Chapter 173, Section 1, (207), at page 1766, to allow $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the University of Kentucky budget unit for the Center of Applied Energy Research's administration and support of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Authority and the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission for fiscal year 2025-2026 to be used for the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; repeal KRS 154.12-340; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Economic Development - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, establishment Education, Higher - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program, establishment Effective Dates, Emergency - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program, establishment Energy - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program, establishment Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, establishment Universities and Colleges - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program, establishment Appropriations - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, establishment Reports Mandated - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program, awards, report to LRC Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program, establishment Fiscal Note - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, grant program
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements
Votes	Vote History

Actions

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02/14/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/18/25	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
02/19/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/20/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2025
02/21/25	3rd reading, passed 36-0
02/25/25	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/06/25	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/07/25	taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) 1st reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/11/25	taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) 2nd reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/13/25	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) received in Senate to Rules (S)
03/14/25	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) passed 36-0 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Fiscal Note to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1 (207), to allow $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the University of Kentucky budget unit to be used in fiscal year 2025-2026 to support the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; require $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the University of Kentucky budget unit to be dedicated to a Laser and Photonics Technology Program at the Pigman College of Engineering in Paducah Kentucky; APPROPRIATION.
Index Headings	Economic Development - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, appropriation Education, Higher - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, Laser and Photonics Technology Program, appropriation Energy - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, appropriation Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, appropriation Universities and Colleges - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, appropriation Universities and Colleges - Pigman College of Engineering, Laser and Photonics Technology Program, appropriation Appropriations - Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, Laser and Photonics Technology Program

Last updated: 3/24/2025 12:59 PM (EDT)