republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-163.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 177.074 to require the Transportation Cabinet Secretary, upon passage of a joint resolution of the General Assembly, to direct the placement of signs denoting inclusion of an artist as an honoree on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23; amend KRS 186.240 to identify the mottos and slogans that may appear on a standard issue motor vehicle license plate; amend KRS 186.240 (Effective January 1, 2024) to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 163	Kentucky SB 163 (2023RS)	bill	Arts and Crafts General Assembly Honorary Highway Designations Motor Vehicles State Symbols and Emblems Transportation	enacted		3	26	3	2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ba6f6dcf-c315-4984-bb77-82dd7ad60239	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb163.html	f6033b69289f62726487003f11859069b833254c60a262bb14dcf6b5a79e2b57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 163 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 177.074 to require the Transportation Cabinet Secretary, upon passage of a joint resolution of the General Assembly, to direct the placement of signs denoting inclusion of an artist as an honoree on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23; amend KRS 186.240 to identify the mottos and slogans that may appear on a standard issue motor vehicle license plate; amend KRS 186.240 (Effective January 1, 2024) to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 129 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 163 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE SB 163 W/ hfa1 hfa3 hfta4 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 09, 2023
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-12 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (3) and (4-title)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House floor amendments (1), (3) and (4-title)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-2 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 129) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba6f6dcf-c315-4984-bb77-82dd7ad60239. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).