---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to: require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a driver licensing regional office in each senatorial district; allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided; require the Kentucky State Police to offer written instruction permit testing in counties without a permanent driver licensing office that coincides with Transportation Cabinet visits to those counties to offer in-person licensing services; require the state police to collect certain data on appointments and customers served and report to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation by October 31, 2025; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Kentucky SB 91 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licensing", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Fiscal Note", "Police", "State", "Reports Mandated", "Space and Offices", "State Agencies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Southworth", "B. Storm", "D. Yates", "G. Elkins", "G. Williams", "J. Higdon", "J. Schickel", "J. Turner", "L. Tichenor", "M. Deneen", "M. Wise", "R. Girdler", "R. Mills", "S. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/384c7683-8b67-45c5-8161-352bb7f9aa60"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb91.html"
source_hash: "142762620001e8044361562623156db96b88ff79e300e90b6e16aeb9285b8f22"
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 91 (2024RS) — AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to: require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a driver licensing regional office in each senatorial district; allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided; require the Kentucky State Police to offer written instruction permit testing in counties without a permanent driver licensing office that coincides with Transportation Cabinet visits to those counties to offer in-person licensing services; require the state police to collect certain data on appointments and customers served and report to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation by October 31, 2025; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 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/sb91/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 223** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0223.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb91/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 91 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 91 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- B. Storm — primary (person)
- D. Yates — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- G. Williams — primary (person)
- J. Higdon — primary (person)
- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- J. Turner — primary (person)
- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the regular order's of the day
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-1 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Governor delivered bill and message to the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 223) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/384c7683-8b67-45c5-8161-352bb7f9aa60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).