Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB222: AN ACT relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, April 8, 2026
Amend KRS 224.80-190 to allow for the amendment of an environmental covenant without the approval of some of the previously required signatories if the sole effect of the amendment is to remove or reduce a land use restriction in the environmental covenant that the Energy and Environment Cabinet has determined is no longer necessary and certain new procedural requirements have been satisfied; provide that when the cabinet determines that a land use restriction in an environmental covenant can be reduced or eliminated, it shall provide notice to the affected parties and opportunity for them to object to the determination; allow for affected parties to seek judicial review of a cabinet determination; amend KRS 224.80-180 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 224.80-190 is amended to read as follows: (1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, an environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is requested as a modification to the corrective action plan approved by the cabinet, and only if the amendment or termination is signed 2.[(b)] The current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; 3.[(c)] Each person that originally signed the environmental covenant or that person's heirs, assigns, or transferees unless: a.[1.] The person or the person's heirs, assigns, or transferees waived in a signed document the right to consent; or b.[2.] A court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and 4.[(d)] The holder, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4)(b) of this section. (b) The consent of a holder or of persons identified in paragraph (a)3. of this subsection shall not be required for an amendment that has the sole effect of removing or reducing a land use restriction in an environmental covenant, if the cabinet determines that the restriction is no …
Sponsors
- Keturah Herron (D, SD-035) · primary sponsor
- Robert Mills (R, SD-004)
- Matthew Deneen (R, SD-010)
- Greg Elkins (R, SD-028)
- Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R, SD-024)
- Gerald Neal (D, SD-033)
- Reginald Thomas (D, SD-013)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 55)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 94-0
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 337 (March 26, 2026): 94 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 222 RSN# 3929 (March 13, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Property, Effective Dates, Emergency, Environment And Conservation, Land Use, Pollution, Courts, Circuit, Retroactive Legislation
Common questions
- What is SB222?
- SB222 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency.
- What does SB222 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to environmental covenants and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of SB222?
- Signed into law as of April 8, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 55) (April 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB222?
- Keturah Herron (D, SD-035), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB222?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb222.html
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