---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to testing for commercial driver's license applicants and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 281A.160 to prescribe fees for retesting for commercial driver's license applicants who have failed a portion of the skills test; require a 48-hour cancellation notice for skills test appointments; set forth consequences of failure to appear at a scheduled test without proper notification; clarify the exemption from testing fees for military personnel applying for a CDL under KRS 281A.165; make technical corrections; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019."
description: "AN ACT relating to testing for commercial driver's license applicants and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 281A.160 to prescribe fees for retesting for commercial driver's license applicants who have failed a portion of the skills test; require a 48-hour cancellation notice for skills test appointments; set forth consequences of failure to appear at a scheduled test without proper notification; clarify the exemption from testing fees for military personnel applying for a CDL under KRS 281A.165; make technical corrections; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 606"
citation: "Kentucky HB 606 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Blanton", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d46faf-f928-40d9-bf6a-224de44ba9f9"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB606.htm"
source_hash: "ec1f74836db5cd7318a2b667acf1bad15b296db218aeed55501c043f8996e9cf"
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 606 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to testing for commercial driver's license applicants and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 281A.160 to prescribe fees for retesting for commercial driver's license applicants who have failed a portion of the skills test; require a 48-hour cancellation notice for skills test appointments; set forth consequences of failure to appear at a scheduled test without proper notification; clarify the exemption from testing fees for military personnel applying for a CDL under KRS 281A.165; make technical corrections; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 606 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB606/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB606/HFA1.pdf)
3. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB606/HFA2.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB606/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 12, 2018
- **2018-03-12** 3rd reading, passed 75-6 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-14** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 150) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50d46faf-f928-40d9-bf6a-224de44ba9f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).