---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define \"solid waste collection service vehicle\"; require motor vehicle operators to yield the right-of-way to these vehicles and the collection service's employees; provide that the section may be cited as the Slow Down to Get Around Law."
description: "AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define \"solid waste collection service vehicle\"; require motor vehicle operators to yield the right-of-way to these vehicles and the collection service's employees; provide that the section may be cited as the Slow Down to Get Around Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Kentucky HB 144 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9689e67-20bc-410c-b47c-06808f793b5d"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB144.htm"
source_hash: "d6e4dca4524731bccbf9d6a6ef55b7c4b0b95a4096d3e5b01e5e2322422c9bf4"
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 144 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "solid waste collection service vehicle"; require motor vehicle operators to yield the right-of-way to these vehicles and the collection service's employees; provide that the section may be cited as the Slow Down to Get Around Law.

## 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/HB144/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-07** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2017
- **2017-02-16** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-21** 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`
- **2017-03-03** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- **2017-03-03** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received in House
- **2017-03-06** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-06** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-06** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9689e67-20bc-410c-b47c-06808f793b5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).