---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the veteran designation on license plates. Amend KRS 186.041 to add members of the National Guard or a Reserve component, who have retired or completed a minimum of 20 years of service, to those eligible for the veteran license plates and reflect the change in the federal active-duty service requirement from 24 months to 180 days."
description: "AN ACT relating to the veteran designation on license plates. Amend KRS 186.041 to add members of the National Guard or a Reserve component, who have retired or completed a minimum of 20 years of service, to those eligible for the veteran license plates and reflect the change in the federal active-duty service requirement from 24 months to 180 days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 350"
citation: "Kentucky HB 350 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/330492e0-7a08-4d18-a4a2-f97dd0e4a46d"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB350.htm"
source_hash: "7b19d9714215efccb188235f18bdf9ef34340e9f621232c3d0248573ea979912"
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 350 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the veteran designation on license plates. Amend KRS 186.041 to add members of the National Guard or a Reserve component, who have retired or completed a minimum of 20 years of service, to those eligible for the veteran license plates and reflect the change in the federal active-duty service requirement from 24 months to 180 days.

## 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/HB350/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-27** 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. 137) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/330492e0-7a08-4d18-a4a2-f97dd0e4a46d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).