republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-46.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle using a bioptic device.	Amend KRS 186.578 to provide options for in-state and out-of-state drivers coming to Kentucky regarding the removal of a daytime-only restriction in the licensee's previous state for drivers using a bioptic device; amend KRS 186.579 to comply and to specify the evaluations must be performed by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 46	Kentucky HB 46 (2022RS)	bill	Blind or Deaf Persons Driver Licensing Motor Vehicles Workforce	enacted	N. Kirk-McCormick R. Palumbo	3	22	2	2021-08-06T04:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cca15460-4b38-4be7-b537-638faa08c7ef	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb46.html	d85e0c6842ab620519f203762adf2e95a9e4fbe1c201cc3116628c19490f2761	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 46 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle using a bioptic device.

Amend KRS 186.578 to provide options for in-state and out-of-state drivers coming to Kentucky regarding the removal of a daytime-only restriction in the licensee's previous state for drivers using a bioptic device; amend KRS 186.579 to comply and to specify the evaluations must be performed by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 116 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 46 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-08-06T04:00:00+00:00 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
• 2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-1 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cca15460-4b38-4be7-b537-638faa08c7ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).