---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles."
description: "Amend KRS 189.940 to allow the driver of a public safety vehicle which also meets the definition of a slow-moving vehicle to operate at a speed that may impede or block the normal flow of traffic; amend KRS 189.390 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Kentucky SB 174 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "D. Douglas", "J. Howell", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3195c46a-9ba4-44e3-8196-986c2f916c32"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb174.html"
source_hash: "548d767a6f8f138733b536285626856f6cfcef73c242db6d4d3bdf5834e5aed8"
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 174 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles.

Amend KRS 189.940 to allow the driver of a public safety vehicle which also meets the definition of a slow-moving vehicle to operate at a speed that may impede or block the normal flow of traffic; amend KRS 189.390 to conform.

## 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/sb174/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0035.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb174/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 174 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 174 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- J. Howell — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2022
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 35) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3195c46a-9ba4-44e3-8196-986c2f916c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).