Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HJR72: A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Circular Economy and Advanced Recovery Advisory Working Group.
Status: In committee, February 25, 2026
Establish the Circular Economy and Advanced Recovery Advisory Working Group attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet until December 30, 2026, to study circular energy economy applications for the Commonwealth; direct the Governor to make appointments no later than 30 days after the effective date of the Resolution; authorize a minimum of 4 meetings of the working group; require the working group to submit a report, including findings and recommendations, to the Legislative Research Commission by December 30, 2026.
What the bill says
A joint resolution establishing the Circular Economy and Advanced Recovery Advisory Working Group.
From the introduced text:
A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Circular Economy and Advanced Recovery Advisory Working Group. WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the Commonwealth for the protection of the health and safety of the public and the environment to study the concept of a circular energy economy; and WHEREAS, the Commonwealth's transition to a circular energy economy may integrate resource use and recovery into the Commonwealth's energy production and utilize various wastes, including industrial, agricultural, sewer wastes and sludges, plastics, and waste tires and other recovered materials such as fly ash, slurry, and gob piles, to produce low-cost energy for various energy users from industrial to residential; and WHEREAS, the circular economy creates a circular supply chain that minimizes wastes, reduces the carbon footprint of various industries, and makes the creation and use of various materials sustainable into the future; and WHEREAS, the recoverable economic value embodied in nonhazardous waste streams should not be destroyed through regulatory exclusion when technologies exist that materially advance the Commonwealth's economic, environmental, and energy objectives; and WHEREAS, promoting and providing incentives for circular energy facilities may improve the efficiency of waste management in the Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, circular energy facilities provide a method of processing nonhazardous wastes using a noncombustive, sealed, pressure-based hydrothermal or hybridized systems; improve the ability to reduce and treat the volume of …
Sponsors
- Gordon, Deanna (R, HD-081) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Energy, Environment And Conservation, Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees, Waste Management
Common questions
- What is HJR72?
- HJR72 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Circular Economy and Advanced Recovery Advisory Working Group.
- What does HJR72 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution establishing the Circular Economy and Advanced Recovery Advisory Working Group.
- What is the status of HJR72?
- In committee as of February 25, 2026. Latest action: to Natural Resources & Energy (H) (February 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HJR72?
- Gordon, Deanna (R, HD-081).
- Where is the official record for HJR72?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hjr72.html
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