---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway. Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; provide that if there is not a minimum distance of three feet available, the passing vehicle is to use reasonable caution; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway."
description: "AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway. Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; provide that if there is not a minimum distance of three feet available, the passing vehicle is to use reasonable caution; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Kentucky HB 33 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Miller", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Miller", "J. Richards", "R. Huff", "R. Palumbo", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-08-16"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065b02b5-d979-44d7-bfb4-a6afae544ecc"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB33.htm"
source_hash: "11093d33888d4424152d0ee53682156b8a3835b811e5a5d27b180c0a95b80f88"
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 33 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway. Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; provide that if there is not a minimum distance of three feet available, the passing vehicle is to use reasonable caution; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 33 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB33/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB33/bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB33/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Miller — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Richards — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-16** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-02** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 9, 2018
- **2018-02-09** 3rd reading, passed 73-3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-14** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 12, 2018
- **2018-03-12** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Received in House
- **2018-03-13** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-16** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-16** Passed 78-5
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 38) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/065b02b5-d979-44d7-bfb4-a6afae544ecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).