Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HJR81: A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, April 20, 2026
Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release a portion of the moneys previously appropriated for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems Program; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
A joint resolution authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text:
A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, KRS 224A.320 establishes the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (Kentucky WWATERS) Program under the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide for an orderly process for eligible public water or wastewater systems to apply for funds for eligible projects and for those applications to be evaluated, scored, and presented to the General Assembly for consideration for funding; and WHEREAS, KRS 224A.320(7)(g) requires the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 1 of each year detailing the evaluations and scores of the proposed funding recipients for the year, to allow for the General Assembly to make the determinations for funding the proposed funding recipients; and WHEREAS, the required report for 2025 has been received and reviewed; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby approves and authorizes the Office of State Budget Director to release $52,502,260 in General Fund moneys for use by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, as appropriated by 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1(4), to be used for the Kentucky WWATERS Program in the amounts specified for the following (2) $964,850 to the …
Sponsors
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071) · primary sponsor
- Jason Petrie (R, HD-016)
- Adam Bowling (R, HD-087)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 190)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, adopted 38-0
- : posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 14 2026
- : reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
- : returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- : 2nd reading
Votes
- Senate: Floor Vote RSN# 4183 (April 14, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Adopt RCS# 263 (March 17, 2026): 95 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Sewer Systems, Effective Dates, Emergency, Public Utilities, Water Supply, Budget And Financial Administration
Common questions
- What is HJR81?
- HJR81 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.
- What does HJR81 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HJR81?
- Signed into law as of April 20, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 190) (April 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HJR81?
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HJR81?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hjr81.html
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