---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers."
description: "Amend KRS 190.046 to establish that the compensation of a dealer by a manufacturer, component manufacturer, or distributor shall not be less than the dealer acquisition cost of parts or service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 592"
citation: "Kentucky HB 592 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Trade Practices and Retailing", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Blanton", "T. Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d13ddb28-be87-49c8-8b76-f27810fc001b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb592.html"
source_hash: "fb8916d7449943b01ffdb2953acf29596d626f19c0755fc4ac106c9a762ab725"
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 592 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.

Amend KRS 190.046 to establish that the compensation of a dealer by a manufacturer, component manufacturer, or distributor shall not be less than the dealer acquisition cost of parts or service

## 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/hb592/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 162** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0162.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb592/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 592 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 29, 2024
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+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 `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** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+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
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 162) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d13ddb28-be87-49c8-8b76-f27810fc001b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).