---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicles and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 186A.035, regarding vehicle registration, to apply the year-round registration system to motor vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less, require owners to supply their birth date during the process of registration; establish processes for joint ownership of motor vehicles where one owner is not a resident of Kentucky."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 375"
citation: "Kentucky HB 375 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Property", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Bridges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4418cae5-274b-4c4d-b850-6531d9d9a3c3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb375.html"
source_hash: "b2ec1be77da000909c080cc28cf94e6b73617eb8ca91baf472743396e3210e5c"
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 375 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicles and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 186A.035, regarding vehicle registration, to apply the year-round registration system to motor vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less, require owners to supply their birth date during the process of registration; establish processes for joint ownership of motor vehicles where one owner is not a resident of Kentucky.

## 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/24RS/hb375/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 45** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0045.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb375/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 375 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Bridges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 87-0 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 45) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4418cae5-274b-4c4d-b850-6531d9d9a3c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).