All Roll Calls
Yes: 144 • No: 19
KentuckySB 292026 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT relating to solid waste management facilities and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored By: Greg Elkins (Republican)
Signed by Governor
CountiesEnvironment And ConservationFeesLocal GovernmentLocal MandateSpecial DistrictsWaste Management
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New rules for out-of-county trash fees
Facilities that handle trash made in another county do not owe fees, permits, or other approvals to the county where the trash started. This applies to collection, storage, transport, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal. Counties and districts can still charge only if both sides sign a franchise agreement approved by county ordinance. This lowers red tape and costs for facilities that take out-of-county waste.
Rule changes for industrial waste sites
Many industrial landfills and incinerators now count as municipal solid waste disposal facilities. Generator-owned sites stay excluded if they only take the generator’s industrial waste on the same, contiguous, or adjacent property, and may also take waste from a corporate affiliate or another facility the generator owns. Existing permitted generator-owned sites in a different county also stay excluded if they take only that generator’s industrial waste. Permit changes to expand these sites up or out keep the exclusion if the added tracts are contiguous or abutting and were owned before January 1, 2026. Some operators face more municipal rules, while qualifying generator-owned sites keep special treatment and can expand.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Greg Elkins
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Donald Douglas
Republican • Senate
Gary Boswell
Republican • Senate
Nick Wilson
Republican • House
Rick Girdler
Republican • Senate
Rebecca Raymer
Republican • House
Steve Rawlings
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/31/2026
passed
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 3/26/2026
3rd reading, passed
Yes: 70 • No: 19
Senate vote • 1/21/2026
3rd reading, passed
Yes: 36 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86)
4/10/2026delivered to Governor
3/31/2026enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
3/31/2026enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
3/31/2026passed 38-0
3/31/2026Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
3/31/2026passed over and retained for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
3/27/2026Houseposted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
3/27/2026Housetaken from Rules
3/27/2026to Rules (S)
3/27/2026Senatereceived in Senate
3/27/2026Senate3rd reading, passed 70-19 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
3/26/2026floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
3/25/2026floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill
3/24/2026posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
3/20/20262nd reading, to Rules
3/20/2026reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
3/19/2026to State Government (H)
3/18/2026Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
1/22/2026Housereceived in House
1/22/2026House3rd reading, passed 36-0-1
1/21/2026passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
1/20/2026posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
1/16/20262nd reading, to Rules
1/15/2026reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
1/14/2026
Bill Text
Current
3/31/2026
Introduced
1/21/2026
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