Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB552: AN ACT relating to environmental protection.
Status: In committee, February 10, 2026
Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth" to include any and all rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, marshes, and all other bodies of surface or underground water; delete the definition of "wellhead protection area."
What the bill says
An act relating to environmental protection.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to environmental protection. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 224.1-010 is amended to read as follows: As used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Air contaminant" includes smoke, dust, soot, grime, carbon, or any other particulate matter, radioactive matter, noxious acids, fumes, gases, odor, vapor, or any combination thereof; (2) "Air contaminant source" means any and all sources of emission of air contaminants, whether privately or publicly owned or operated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this term includes all types of business, commercial and industrial plants, works, shops, and stores, and heating and power plants and stations, buildings and other structures of all types, including single and multiple family residences, apartments, houses, office buildings, public buildings, hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals, churches, and other institutional buildings, automobiles, trucks, tractors, buses and other motor vehicles, garages and vending and service locations and stations, railroad locomotives, ships, boats and other waterborne craft, portable fuel-burning equipment, incinerators of all types (indoor and outdoor), refuse dumps and piles, and all stack and other chimney outlets from any of the foregoing; (3) "Air pollution" means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one (1) or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as …
Sponsors
- Sarah Stalker (D, HD-034) · primary sponsor
- Chad Aull (D, HD-079)
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
- Anne Donworth (D, HD-076)
- Alan Gentry (D, HD-046)
- Erika Hancock (D, HD-057)
- Matthew Lehman (D, HD-067)
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045)
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038)
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043)
- Lisa Willner (D, HD-035)
Latest actions
- : to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Environment And Conservation, Federal Laws And Regulations, Water Supply, Waterways And Dams
Common questions
- What is HB552?
- HB552 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to environmental protection.
- What does HB552 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to environmental protection.
- What is the status of HB552?
- In committee as of February 10, 2026. Latest action: to Natural Resources & Energy (H) (February 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB552?
- Sarah Stalker (D, HD-034), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB552?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb552.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.