---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicles."
description: "Amend KRS 190.058 to establish the motor vehicle commission fund; direct all license fees collected under KRS Chapter 190 to be deposited into the fund; set forth uses of the fund; provide that fund amounts not expended at the end of a fiscal year not lapse but instead be carried forward to the next fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Kentucky SB 30 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget And Financial Administration", "Funds", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Elkins", "R. Girdler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083c4b99-b966-4f14-adfe-99042ad53797"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb30.html"
source_hash: "c7021b9d28a9422b0cf88dd0d6e1bbfc45fb546f3d93d9a1979ab64977a267fe"
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 30 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.

Amend KRS 190.058 to establish the motor vehicle commission fund; direct all license fees collected under KRS Chapter 190 to be deposited into the fund; set forth uses of the fund; provide that fund amounts not expended at the end of a fiscal year not lapse but instead be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

## 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/sb30/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0133.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb30/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend the Rules — **66–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · upper
- Misc — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 30 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 30 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 22, 2026
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) adopted
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35-1 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 133) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083c4b99-b966-4f14-adfe-99042ad53797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).