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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 552 Updates Environmental Definitions and Statutes Relating to Waste and Water Protection
Last action · February 10, 2026: to Natural Resources & Energy (H)Sponsors: Sarah Stalker and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky House Bill 552 modifies statutory definitions under KRS Chapter 224 regarding environmental protection, waste management, , and water resources. The measure updates terms such as advanced recycling, recovered feedstock, and the scope of waters regulated by the Commonwealth.
Changes how environmental protection terms are legally defined in Kentucky statutes, directly impacting regulatory oversight for waste management facilities, recycling operations, and water resource protections.
- House Bill 552 was introduced during the 2026 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly and assigned to the House Natural Resources & Energy Committee. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Energy and Environment Cabinet
The cabinet's administrative scope and statutory definitions for enforcing environmental protection laws are directly modified by the bill.
Waste management and recycling operators
Operations involving advanced recycling, solid waste, and recovered materials are subject to updated statutory definitions and classifications.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeto Natural Resources & Energy (H)
- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Modernization of Recycling Definitions
The bill extensively incorporates modern advanced recycling terminology, such as post-use polymers, pyrolysis, and solvolysis, into Kentucky's environmental code.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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