---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to autocycles. Amend KRS 186.010 to define \"autocycle\" and specify that it is a type of motorcycle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to outline the provisions for the operation of an autocycle on a highway; require autocycles to be titled and registered as motorcycles; amend KRS 186.480 to prohibit the use of an autocycle for road skills testing purposes; amend KRS 190.010 to allow used car dealers to sell autocycles received in trade; for reporting and statistical purposes, amend KRS 189.635 to require an autocycle to be listed in its own category on accident reports and not as a motorcycle or a motor vehicle."
description: "AN ACT relating to autocycles. Amend KRS 186.010 to define \"autocycle\" and specify that it is a type of motorcycle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to outline the provisions for the operation of an autocycle on a highway; require autocycles to be titled and registered as motorcycles; amend KRS 186.480 to prohibit the use of an autocycle for road skills testing purposes; amend KRS 190.010 to allow used car dealers to sell autocycles received in trade; for reporting and statistical purposes, amend KRS 189.635 to require an autocycle to be listed in its own category on accident reports and not as a motorcycle or a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Kentucky SB 73 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-09"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d33538e-cca6-411a-9079-1a2421fc48a0"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB73.htm"
source_hash: "6207e492ff3c48486e168a6d5ca025be8402daf34c0734c1bad0a48928fc1fda"
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 73 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to autocycles. Amend KRS 186.010 to define "autocycle" and specify that it is a type of motorcycle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to outline the provisions for the operation of an autocycle on a highway; require autocycles to be titled and registered as motorcycles; amend KRS 186.480 to prohibit the use of an autocycle for road skills testing purposes; amend KRS 190.010 to allow used car dealers to sell autocycles received in trade; for reporting and statistical purposes, amend KRS 189.635 to require an autocycle to be listed in its own category on accident reports and not as a motorcycle or 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/SB73/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 73 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB73/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB73/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 Senate `introduction`
- **2017-01-07** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 13, 2017
- **2017-02-13** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** Received in House
- **2017-02-15** 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. 69) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d33538e-cca6-411a-9079-1a2421fc48a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).