---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to overdimensional vehicle loads and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term \"nondivisible load\"; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to overdimensional vehicle loads and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term \"nondivisible load\"; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 265"
citation: "Kentucky HB 265 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8f2a062-61b8-4f84-8b08-2eaf6a2a5a32"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB265.htm"
source_hash: "3b98617ce835c1c1b221feb7b0d3d229df9e1f6748a80866b599ef1b8bdf2052"
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 265 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to overdimensional vehicle loads and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term "nondivisible load"; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB265/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** To Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading, passed 95-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-24** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in House
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8f2a062-61b8-4f84-8b08-2eaf6a2a5a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).