Kentucky House Bill 302

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-18 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, are the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment.

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-18	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-18	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb302.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb302/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb302/LM.pdf