Kentucky House Bill 70

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-02 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 262 to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Conservation; require the department to provide technical advice and assistance and to assist with soil health assessments and soil health plans; require the commissioner to approve applications for grants and other types of financial assistance under the Healthy Soils Program; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Healthy Soils Program and the Healthy Soils Program fund; amend KRS 146.100 to require the director of the Division of Conservation to have experience in healthy soil practices; amend KRS 224.71-110 to require the Agriculture Water Quality Authority to promote soil restoration and include an organic agriculture organization among appointments to the authority and add healthy soil practices as a committee; amend KRS 262.010 to define "healthy soil practices," "soil health," "soil health assessment," and "watershed health"; amend KRS 262.020 to add restoration, biological diversity, watershed health, and healthy soil practices to the purpose of soil and water conservation districts; amend KRS 262.748 and 262.778 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to soil conservation and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-02	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb70.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb70/orig_bill.pdf