---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicles."
description: "Amend KRS 189.110 to permit the application of sunscreening material with a light transmittance of not less than 70 percent to a windshield."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Kentucky SB 46 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Safety", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "G. Elkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a99837-bd99-41ff-ae57-d0ab1a8bcb72"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb46.html"
source_hash: "930c49b77c34086af42bfb1df6994864050e41e3561bb47d8f01dcdf66f9b3d0"
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 46 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.

Amend KRS 189.110 to permit the application of sunscreening material with a light transmittance of not less than 70 percent to a windshield.

## 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/sb46/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0017.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb46/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 46 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2024
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0a99837-bd99-41ff-ae57-d0ab1a8bcb72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).