Bill Sponsor
Kentucky House Bill 593
Session 2026RS
AN ACT relating to data centers.
Active
Active
Passed House on Mar 4, 2026
First Action
Feb 6, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 31, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
593
State
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
House Votes (1)
checkPassed on March 4, 2026
Motion Text
Pass
House Roll Call Votes
Didn't Vote
Unknown
Lewis C
Yes
Didn't Vote
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 relating to municipal utilities and KRS Chapter 278 relating to Public Service Commission-regulated utilities to: define terms; only allow for the provision of electric service to a data center through a contract that conforms to the requirements of the Act; require that within 90 days of the effective date of the Act, the electric service provider issue or file a tariff setting forth the process for a data center customer to apply for service; require the payment of a nonrefundable service application fee; require the preparation of studies to determine the manner in which the electric service provider can safely and efficiently serve the data center in a way that does not have negative service or rate impacts to their non-data center customers; establish the minimum contract requirements between the electric service provider and the data center customer; provide that requirements of the Act that are conflict with the Tennessee Valley Authority's requirements for the distribution of electricity that it supplies shall not apply; prohibit the charging or allocating of any costs associated with serving or constructing new infrastructure to serve a data center to any other customers served by natural gas, water, or wastewater utilities; amend KRS 154.20-229 to require that a qualified data center project that has been preliminarily approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499 include in its memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a certification that the data center project complies or will comply with all applicable local requirements and the applicable requirements of the Act.
Actions (16)
03/31/2026
Senate
returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/31/2026
House
2nd reading
03/31/2026
Senate
taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/27/2026
Senate
returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/27/2026
House
1st reading
03/27/2026
Senate
taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/27/2026
Senate
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/05/2026
Senate
to Committee on Committees (S)
03/05/2026
Senate
received in Senate
03/04/2026
House
3rd reading, passed 90-8 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/03/2026
House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 04 2026
02/27/2026
House
2nd reading, to Rules
02/26/2026
House
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/10/2026
House
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
02/06/2026
House
to Committee on Committees (H)
02/06/2026
House
introduced in House
Sources
Record Created
Feb 6, 2026 10:50:40 PM
Record Updated
Apr 1, 2026 7:12:57 AM