---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates."
description: "Amend KRS 186.174 to allow personalized vehicle license plates to be issued to recreational vehicles registered under KRS 186.050(11), and eliminate fees for a personalized standard issue license plate in excess of those identified in KRS 186.162; amend KRS 186.162 to set fees for personalized license plates for recreational vehicles and change extra fees for additional special license plates to match their initial fee upon renewal; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Kentucky HB 68 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Fees", "Local Mandate", "Motor Vehicles", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott", "K. Banta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592e2654-bd8e-43e7-a8c0-b4971b3bbde5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb68.html"
source_hash: "b66aaf6a13818332196644e8fcd79104f69cba2ac4a3c288bca2f15eada6f3f4"
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 68 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates.

Amend KRS 186.174 to allow personalized vehicle license plates to be issued to recreational vehicles registered under KRS 186.050(11), and eliminate fees for a personalized standard issue license plate in excess of those identified in KRS 186.162; amend KRS 186.162 to set fees for personalized license plates for recreational vehicles and change extra fees for additional special license plates to match their initial fee upon renewal; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.

## 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/hb68/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0095.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb68/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 68 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 06, 2024
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (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
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 95) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592e2654-bd8e-43e7-a8c0-b4971b3bbde5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).