---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the disclosure of damages by motor vehicle dealers. Amend KRS 186A.540 to clarify that sellers and dealers must disclose accident damage to a motor vehicle, raise the damage threshold for reporting from $1,000 to $2,000; exempt wheels, tires, and glass from the calculation of the damage reporting threshold; amend KRS 190.0491 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to the disclosure of damages by motor vehicle dealers. Amend KRS 186A.540 to clarify that sellers and dealers must disclose accident damage to a motor vehicle, raise the damage threshold for reporting from $1,000 to $2,000; exempt wheels, tires, and glass from the calculation of the damage reporting threshold; amend KRS 190.0491 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Kentucky HB 294 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d15c17-6aa2-4792-afed-ff9cba61ece1"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB294.htm"
source_hash: "abe22ec3de2777276f850939e87bd0b033ee675e2e7fdac92008fd9069ed8e70"
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 294 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the disclosure of damages by motor vehicle dealers. Amend KRS 186A.540 to clarify that sellers and dealers must disclose accident damage to a motor vehicle, raise the damage threshold for reporting from $1,000 to $2,000; exempt wheels, tires, and glass from the calculation of the damage reporting threshold; amend KRS 190.0491 to conform.

## 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/HB294/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading, passed 63-17 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-08** Reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2017-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- **2017-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 139) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2d15c17-6aa2-4792-afed-ff9cba61ece1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).