---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses."
description: "Amend KRS 281A.175, regarding commercial driver's licenses with a school bus endorsement, to increase the time period allowed for the required physical examination from 12 to 24 months."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 13"
citation: "Kentucky HB 13 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licensing", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Motor Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6591e88-2e4b-43b7-9a4e-fd882ca0d496"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb13.html"
source_hash: "52ecf8874b79d9717767cecca5a9d22c108c655fb71a9c5819f5374d1d024a86"
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 13 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses.

Amend KRS 281A.175, regarding commercial driver's licenses with a school bus endorsement, to increase the time period allowed for the required physical examination from 12 to 24 months.

## 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/23RS/hb13/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0121.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb13/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 13 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 92-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 121) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6591e88-2e4b-43b7-9a4e-fd882ca0d496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).