---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle using a bioptic device."
description: "Amend KRS 186.578 to provide options for in-state and out-of-state drivers coming to Kentucky regarding the removal of a daytime-only restriction in the licensee's previous state for drivers using a bioptic device; amend KRS 186.579 to comply and to specify the evaluations must be performed by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Kentucky HB 46 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Blind or Deaf Persons", "Driver Licensing", "Motor Vehicles", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["N. Kirk-McCormick", "R. Palumbo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-08-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca15460-4b38-4be7-b537-638faa08c7ef"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb46.html"
source_hash: "d85e0c6842ab620519f203762adf2e95a9e4fbe1c201cc3116628c19490f2761"
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 46 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle using a bioptic device.

Amend KRS 186.578 to provide options for in-state and out-of-state drivers coming to Kentucky regarding the removal of a daytime-only restriction in the licensee's previous state for drivers using a bioptic device; amend KRS 186.579 to comply and to specify the evaluations must be performed by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.

## 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/hb46/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0116.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb46/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 46 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-06T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca15460-4b38-4be7-b537-638faa08c7ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).