---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to special military unit license plates."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a special military unit license plate for certain units; establish eligibility and necessary documentation; amend KRS 186.162 to set forth fees for a special military unit license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to require the Transportation Cabinet to perpetually produce the special military unit license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 465"
citation: "Kentucky HB 465 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. King", "M. Dossett", "P. Pratt", "R. Palumbo", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be757e7-10a3-40b6-84fb-54e7330edb9e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb465.html"
source_hash: "7b231aa2e3f881f1236a7cc9e9a29f04ff6ba6089a287b5fc6eea02583d0226f"
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 465 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to special military unit license plates.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a special military unit license plate for certain units; establish eligibility and necessary documentation; amend KRS 186.162 to set forth fees for a special military unit license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to require the Transportation Cabinet to perpetually produce the special military unit license plate.

## 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/hb465/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0105.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb465/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 465 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. King — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2022
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+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** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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. 105) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be757e7-10a3-40b6-84fb-54e7330edb9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).