---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow for an electronic record of a motor vehicle title to be stored in AVIS without the production of a paper copy of the title; provide that titles held in the system electronically have the same legal status as paper titles; allow a titled holder to request a paper title at any time; exempt from fees the first paper title for a vehicle if the title was held electronically; amend KRS 186A.035 to outline procedures and forms for transfers of vehicles held in joint ownership; amend KRS 186A.115 to allow a person presenting a vehicle for inspection to present a current operator's license from Kentucky or another state; amend KRS 186A.190 to establish procedures for electronic submission of liens, security interests and satisfactions; allow use of electronic signatures; provide for holding titles in AVIS and not producing paper titles for vehicles for which liens have been filed electronically; allow the Transportation Cabinet to remove any lien from the certificate of title in AVIS if the lien expiries and is not renewed; amend KRS 186A.195 to allow the use of electronic signatures on title lien statements; amend KRS 186A.145 to exempt from the prohibition against transferring a vehicle in cases involving delinquent ad valorem taxes transfers between individuals when the delinquent taxes are owed by a previous owner not party to the transaction; amend KRS 186A.100 to allow the use a temporary motor vehicle tags on vehicles sold in Kentucky that are being transported to another state for registration; allow county clerks to keep an electronic record of temporary tags; amend KRS 186A.017 to set time frames for county clerk processing of title applications filed through the electronic system; amend KRS 186A.220 to allow motor vehicle dealers to dealer assign all-terrain vehicles; amend KRS 235.130 to allow a county clerk to accept an affidavit of ownership to process the application of a boat title; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Kentucky SB 136 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boats and Boating", "County Clerks", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Fiscal Note", "Liens", "Motor Vehicles", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00a4d3ed-60f8-41fd-a124-907e848f29f9"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb136.html"
source_hash: "843a9e49b32e01b3510bb9cf193ded2ae5dc4bce8500a499e1a4a1d1246405d3"
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 136 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow for an electronic record of a motor vehicle title to be stored in AVIS without the production of a paper copy of the title; provide that titles held in the system electronically have the same legal status as paper titles; allow a titled holder to request a paper title at any time; exempt from fees the first paper title for a vehicle if the title was held electronically; amend KRS 186A.035 to outline procedures and forms for transfers of vehicles held in joint ownership; amend KRS 186A.115 to allow a person presenting a vehicle for inspection to present a current operator's license from Kentucky or another state; amend KRS 186A.190 to establish procedures for electronic submission of liens, security interests and satisfactions; allow use of electronic signatures; provide for holding titles in AVIS and not producing paper titles for vehicles for which liens have been filed electronically; allow the Transportation Cabinet to remove any lien from the certificate of title in AVIS if the lien expiries and is not renewed; amend KRS 186A.195 to allow the use of electronic signatures on title lien statements; amend KRS 186A.145 to exempt from the prohibition against transferring a vehicle in cases involving delinquent ad valorem taxes transfers between individuals when the delinquent taxes are owed by a previous owner not party to the transaction; amend KRS 186A.100 to allow the use a temporary motor vehicle tags on vehicles sold in Kentucky that are being transported to another state for registration; allow county clerks to keep an electronic record of temporary tags; amend KRS 186A.017 to set time frames for county clerk processing of title applications filed through the electronic system; amend KRS 186A.220 to allow motor vehicle dealers to dealer assign all-terrain vehicles; amend KRS 235.130 to allow a county clerk to accept an affidavit of ownership to process the application of a boat title; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

## 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/25RS/sb136/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0095.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb136/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **90–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 136 W/ hcs1 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 136 W/ scs1 sfa1 scta1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Transportation (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Transportation (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34-1 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 95) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00a4d3ed-60f8-41fd-a124-907e848f29f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).