Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 579 — AN ACT relating to eminent domain.

Last action — to Committee on Committees (H)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Amend KRS 416.550 to require that before a condemnor exercises the right of eminent domain with regard to private property, the condemnor shall engage in good faith negotiations with the property owner, seek written consent from the property owner to make an audio or video recording of the good faith negotiations and to submit the recording to the Attorney General, refrain from making any materially false or misleading statements, and not enter into any legally binding agreement with the property owner until a survey of the property has been completed at the expense of the condemnor; provide that the recording of negotiations are subject to public inspection under the Kentucky Open Records Act; amend KRS 416.570 to require a condemnor to include with the verified petition, that it must file with the Circuit Court of jurisdiction, an affirmation that the condemnor has complied with the requirements of this Act.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. to Committee on Committees (H)

  2. introduced in House

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 579 do?
Amend KRS 416.550 to require that before a condemnor exercises the right of eminent domain with regard to private property, the condemnor shall engage in good faith negotiations with the property owner, seek written consent from the property owner to make an audio or video recording of the good faith negotiations and to submit the recording to the Attorney General, refrain from making any materially false or misleading statements, and not enter into any legally binding agreement with the property owner until a survey of the property has been completed at the expense of the condemnor; provide that the recording of negotiations are subject to public inspection under the Kentucky Open Records Act; amend KRS 416.570 to require a condemnor to include with the verified petition, that it must file with the Circuit Court of jurisdiction, an affirmation that the condemnor has complied with the requirements of this Act.
Who sponsors HB 579?
HB 579 is sponsored by Myron Dossett (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 579?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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