---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to military surplus vehicles. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the titling of military surplus vehicles; set provisions for titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the titling of these vehicles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require military surplus vehicles to be inspected prior to titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to inspection and modifications; require the Transportation Cabinet to create a new inspection form for military surplus vehicles; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"military surplus vehicle\"; specify that a military surplus vehicle is a motor vehicle."
description: "AN ACT relating to military surplus vehicles. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the titling of military surplus vehicles; set provisions for titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the titling of these vehicles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require military surplus vehicles to be inspected prior to titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to inspection and modifications; require the Transportation Cabinet to create a new inspection form for military surplus vehicles; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"military surplus vehicle\"; specify that a military surplus vehicle is a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "Kentucky SB 176 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b06d9fa-f4ea-446c-9afc-8b1791af2483"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB176.htm"
source_hash: "81fc1b149deded6282315fbb652c2dc137d85da208afe39c30fbb81cb5d952f2"
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 SB 176 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to military surplus vehicles. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the titling of military surplus vehicles; set provisions for titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the titling of these vehicles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require military surplus vehicles to be inspected prior to titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to inspection and modifications; require the Transportation Cabinet to create a new inspection form for military surplus vehicles; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.010 to define "military surplus vehicle"; specify that a military surplus vehicle is a motor vehicle.

## 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/SB176/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 176 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB176/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB176/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2017
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in House
- **2017-03-02** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 55) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b06d9fa-f4ea-446c-9afc-8b1791af2483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).