---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles."
description: "Amend KRS 186A.295 to exclude the cost of parts and labor to make cosmetic repairs to a motor vehicle from the cost of repair calculation for the required surrender of the certificate of title for a motor vehicle or trailer that has been destroyed; require a motor vehicle that is exempt from title surrender to be issued a salvage title; amend KRS 186A.190 and 186A.520 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Kentucky HB 144 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicle", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott", "D. Grossberg", "E. Callaway", "J. Hodgson", "M. Hart", "N. Tate", "P. Griffee", "R. Dotson", "T. Huff", "T. Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63c3d43f-9b4c-47ae-b995-66e6c22739f1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb144.html"
source_hash: "5ed99dc07eebf63f5eb24a4c68a1749c5063dcdf1ec10873e9749c18a3b5681a"
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 144 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.

Amend KRS 186A.295 to exclude the cost of parts and labor to make cosmetic repairs to a motor vehicle from the cost of repair calculation for the required surrender of the certificate of title for a motor vehicle or trailer that has been destroyed; require a motor vehicle that is exempt from title surrender to be issued a salvage title; amend KRS 186A.190 and 186A.520 to conform.

## 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/26RS/hb144/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0100.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb144/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 144 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- E. Callaway — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Griffee — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 100) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63c3d43f-9b4c-47ae-b995-66e6c22739f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).