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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define \"chip seal\"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 3030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "HB 622"
+citation: "Kentucky HB 622 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Budget And Financial Administration", "Counties", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Highways", "Streets", "And Bridges", "Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Hale", "J. Blanton", "T. Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e8ab088-050a-41a6-8ebe-a1dfb77eed30"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb622.html"
+source_hash: "91bf445ff2c4fcae192bdd5c1338fb4eb144cfc7f931c90205b50b565fa688b2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
+---
+
+# Kentucky HB 622 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.
+
+Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 3030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb622/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0125.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb622/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 622 w/ SCS 1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 622 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Hale — primary (person)
+- J. Blanton — primary (person)
+- T. Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
+- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e8ab088-050a-41a6-8ebe-a1dfb77eed30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+