---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pedestrians."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; prohibit a person from remaining on any portion of a state-maintained right-of-way that is not designated for pedestrian use; provide exemptions and authorize local governmental exceptions; allow local governments to enact ordinances to authorize limited exceptions to the prohibition; allow the Transportation Cbinet to promulgate administrative regulations to define minimum standards for state-maintained rights-of-way; amend KRS 189.570 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "Kentucky HB 189 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Highways", "Streets", "And Bridges", "Local Government", "State Agencies", "Traffic Safety", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Jackson", "M. Meredith", "R. Duvall", "S. Lewis", "S. McPherson", "S. Riley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19a3dd01-4440-436e-844f-aaffa9575a16"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb189.html"
source_hash: "951d081da093493dde4f1eebcfc0cbc64d4d1aa8b742b77726e36fbad096803b"
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 189 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to pedestrians.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; prohibit a person from remaining on any portion of a state-maintained right-of-way that is not designated for pedestrian use; provide exemptions and authorize local governmental exceptions; allow local governments to enact ordinances to authorize limited exceptions to the prohibition; allow the Transportation Cbinet to promulgate administrative regulations to define minimum standards for state-maintained rights-of-way; amend KRS 189.570 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/hb189/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 32** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0032.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb189/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 189 — **31–6** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **80–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Jackson — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Duvall — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Riley — 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`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-11 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-6 `passage`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2026-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 32) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19a3dd01-4440-436e-844f-aaffa9575a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).