KY HB506 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-09 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-09 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to make findings and declarations regarding the dangers of atmospheric polluting activities and the Commonwealth's authority to prohibit geoengineering; define terms; prohibit geoengineering; require the Department for Environmental Protection to issue a notice to any federal agency that has approved geoengineering activities that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth; require the department to prohibit foreign states or international bodies that engage in geoengineering from engaging in any atmospheric activities over the Commonwealth; require the department to publish quarterly notices in newspapers of general circulation and on its website to encourage the public to monitor and report geoengineering activities; allow individuals to submit evidence of geoengineering to the department; require any local or state official to report any information regarding suspected geoengineering activity to the department within 24 hours; require the department to investigate reports of excessive electromagnetic radiation or fields caused by humans; amend KRS 224.99-010 to make knowingly engaging in geoengineering a Class D felony and subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500,000.
Title
AN ACT relating to geoengineering.
Sponsors
Rep. Steve Rawlings [R] | Rep. Josh Calloway [R] | Rep. Jim Gooch [R] | Rep. John Hodgson [R] |
Rep. Candy Massaroni [R] | Rep. Marianne Proctor [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-02-09 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
2024-02-09 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Corrections Impact
Crimes and Punishments
Environment and Conservation
Local Government
Local Mandate
Notices
Pollution
Public Safety
Crimes and Punishments
Environment and Conservation
Local Government
Local Mandate
Notices
Pollution
Public Safety