---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency."
description: "Set out the 2026-2028 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Kentucky HB 502 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget And Financial Administration", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Highways", "Streets", "And Bridges", "State Agencies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "K. Upchurch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eddb95c-a7ae-4037-88c5-8fc3c55896ce"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb502.html"
source_hash: "a19cd3624e5f2b327af3160381527191aa8b0200c6484b8f1e95e2e5a5a445a6"
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 502 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.

Set out the 2026-2028 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.

## 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/record/26RS/budget/HB502/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0145.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/budget/HB502/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 502 w/ SCS 1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. Upchurch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Transportation (S)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Transportation (S)
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Transportation (S)
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Transportation (S)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 89-3 `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. 145) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eddb95c-a7ae-4037-88c5-8fc3c55896ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).