---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "Kentucky HB 15 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licensing", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "State Agencies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/858c7209-0704-4132-83b1-cd9b9cd031e3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb15.html"
source_hash: "7abaf5f7405676cf2a79e44bfef4351f6e29af30191599c6eda2754c8113af5d"
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 15 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; 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/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb15/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 81** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0081.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb15/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 15 W/ scs1 — **36–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **86–13** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **90–5** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 13, 2025
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-5 `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 81) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/858c7209-0704-4132-83b1-cd9b9cd031e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).