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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: 2026 Legislative Session in Retrospect [PDF]

Each year, Kentucky Resources Council tracks the most consequential environmental and energy bills moving through the Kentucky General Assembly — the wins that move us...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update — The Final Edition

Update #16: April 26, 2026Final Edition The 2026 Kentucky General Assembly Regular Session has ended, and KRC has wrapped up our work tracking, supporting and...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update — The Sine Die Edition

Update #15: April 16, 2026Sine Die Edition The 2026 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly has officially concluded. With adjournment sine die in the...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update — The Veto Period Edition

Update #14: April 13, 2026 What’s Been Vetoed and What Is Still Possible? The 2026 Kentucky General Assembly veto period has ended, and KRC continues...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update — The Concurrence Edition

Update #13: April 2, 2026 What’s Still Possible and What Has Passed? The 2026 Kentucky General Assembly has wrapped up week #13, and KRC continues...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update #12

Update #12: March 27, 2026 This is it — just four legislative days left before the General Assembly adjourns sine die on April 15th. The next...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update #11

Update #11: March 20, 2026 The final stretch of the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly! We’re in the final stretch — just 8 legislative days left...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update #10

Update #10: March 13, 2026 We’re heading into the home stretch of the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly! With just two full weeks of legislative days...

Kentucky bill limiting environmental protections appears dead, for now

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A controversial bill that critics argued would have cratered Kentucky’s ability to set its own environmental protections appears dead in the 2026...

2026 General Assembly: Legislative Update #9

Update #9: March 6, 2026 The 2026 Kentucky General Assembly is in its ninth week, and Kentucky Resources Council is tracking environmental, conservation, consumer, energy, and...