| Last Action | 02/09/26: recommitted to Judiciary (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to geoengineering. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Corrections Impact
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist |
| Bill Request Number | 17 |
| Sponsors | J. Hodgson, S. Baker, R. Bivens, S. Bratcher, E. Callaway, J. Calloway, J. Decker, T. Huff, M. Lockett, C. Massaroni, M. Proctor, T. Roberts, R. White |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to 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 prohibition on criminal atmospheric pollution; require an arresting officer to issue a notice to any federal agency that approved the action that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Public Safety - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement Corrections Impact - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement 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 Pollution - Criminal atmospheric pollution, prohibition, enforcement |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements |
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| 02/09/26 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement | Corrections Impact to House Committee Substitute 1 |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; amend the definition of "atmospheric contaminant" to exclude electromagnetic radiation or fields emitted from wireless devices or equipment certified by the Federal Communications Commission; amend the definition of "solar radiation modification" to exclude ground-level solar energy generating resources and forestry and vegetation management activities; amend the definition of "weather modification" to exclude ground-level wind energy generating resources; provide that the section shall not prohibit or restrict the lawful aerial application of agricultural inputs and products. |
| Index Headings |
Corrections Impact - Geoengineering, agricultural products and inputs, lawful aerial application, exclusion Agriculture - Geoengineering, agricultural products and inputs, lawful aerial application, exclusion Communications - Geoengineering, atmospheric contaminant, electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices, exclusion Energy - Geoengineering, solar radiation modification, solar generating resources, exclusion Energy - Geoengineering, weather modification, wind generating resources, exclusion Environment And Conservation - Geoengineering, atmospheric contaminant, electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices, exclusion Federal Laws And Regulations - Atmospheric contaminant, electromagnetic radiation from equipment certified by the FCC, exclusion Forests And Forestry - Geoengineering, solar radiation modification, forestry and vegetation management, exclusion Telecommunications - Geoengineering, atmospheric contaminant, electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices, exclusion |
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