---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicles."
description: "Amend KRS 186.032 to define \"communication disorder\"; establish that information may be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system database indicating that the operator of the vehicle may have a communication disorder; require county clerks to post notice of the database; require the Transportation Cabinet to put information about the database on its website; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Kentucky HB 279 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Disabilities and the Disabled", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Local Mandate", "Motor Vehicles", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Traffic Safety", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Imes", "M. Prunty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/835fb61b-1ef1-4d28-b932-db5820936609"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb279.html"
source_hash: "fef20bf6080a3aaaa95dfcae15a14027d12c0dd32c14d514d8dcee1d683e3f18"
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 279 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.

Amend KRS 186.032 to define "communication disorder"; establish that information may be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system database indicating that the operator of the vehicle may have a communication disorder; require county clerks to post notice of the database; require the Transportation Cabinet to put information about the database on its website; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb279/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0099.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb279/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 279 w/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Imes — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 28, 2022
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/835fb61b-1ef1-4d28-b932-db5820936609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).