---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles. Amend KRS 189.2715 to allow the transportation of metal commodities to exceed a gross weight of 80,000 pounds, but not exceed a gross weight of 120,000 pounds; define \"metal commodities\"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the transportation of metal commodities; amend KRS 189.222 to provide a 10% weight tolerance to vehicles exclusively transporting items listed in KRS 189.222(2)(a), (b), and (c)."
description: "AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles. Amend KRS 189.2715 to allow the transportation of metal commodities to exceed a gross weight of 80,000 pounds, but not exceed a gross weight of 120,000 pounds; define \"metal commodities\"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the transportation of metal commodities; amend KRS 189.222 to provide a 10% weight tolerance to vehicles exclusively transporting items listed in KRS 189.222(2)(a), (b), and (c)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 184"
citation: "Kentucky HB 184 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd897f3-da1d-42e0-a50e-cc3c2fd10ff1"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB184.htm"
source_hash: "8ff632cc27d615bbd05fe6a6581419ea383349a675a81a57ad13994651cef700"
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 184 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles. Amend KRS 189.2715 to allow the transportation of metal commodities to exceed a gross weight of 80,000 pounds, but not exceed a gross weight of 120,000 pounds; define "metal commodities"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the transportation of metal commodities; amend KRS 189.222 to provide a 10% weight tolerance to vehicles exclusively transporting items listed in KRS 189.222(2)(a), (b), and (c).

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 184 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB184/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB184/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB184/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB184/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **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
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 64-27 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-03** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-15** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute 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 33-5 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in House
- **2017-03-15** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** Bill passed 62-29
- **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. 146) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cd897f3-da1d-42e0-a50e-cc3c2fd10ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).