---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle equipment. Amend KRS 189.950 to prohibit most motor vehicles from being equipped with blue lights; provide an exemption for nonhalogen headlamps that have a slight blue tint and meet USDOT regulations; amend KRS 189.993 to establish penalties for violation."
description: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle equipment. Amend KRS 189.950 to prohibit most motor vehicles from being equipped with blue lights; provide an exemption for nonhalogen headlamps that have a slight blue tint and meet USDOT regulations; amend KRS 189.993 to establish penalties for violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 74"
citation: "Kentucky HB 74 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-09"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7683c85-adbf-4240-b0b0-474bfb6815aa"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB74.htm"
source_hash: "16eb568216628a390f13a4df16319114537b911c3aec91c39cba832f72be6d70"
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 74 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle equipment. Amend KRS 189.950 to prohibit most motor vehicles from being equipped with blue lights; provide an exemption for nonhalogen headlamps that have a slight blue tint and meet USDOT regulations; amend KRS 189.993 to establish penalties for violation.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 74 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB74/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB74/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB74/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB74/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-09** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2017
- **2017-02-16** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-23** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `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 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received in House
- **2017-03-03** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- **2017-03-14** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-14** Passed 86-0
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7683c85-adbf-4240-b0b0-474bfb6815aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).