republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-833.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to motor vehicle inspectors.	Amend KRS 186A.115 to allow sheriffs to appoint up to two individuals at a new or used motor vehicle dealer that makes an average of 100 motor vehicle sales per month for the preceding 12 months as special inspectors solely to complete inspections of motor vehicles to be sold by that dealer; increase fees retained by the sheriff for conducting motor vehicle inspections; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create an electronic certified vehicle inspection form to electronically input all required information for motor vehicle inspections; exempt certified inspector numbers from open records requests unless required by a court order; amend KRS 186A.990 to add intentionally or willfully divulging a certified inspector number as a Class A misdemeanor and selling a certified inspector number as a Class D felony; amend KRS 70.030 to allow a sheriff to appoint a special inspector solely to perform motor vehicle inspections.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 833	Kentucky HB 833 (2024RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Local Mandate Motor Vehicles Sheriffs Transportation	enacted	D. Bentley D. Meade K. Jackson K. King N. Wilson R. Duvall R. Palumbo W. Lawrence W. Williams	3	26	2	2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6793fc62-2909-46b4-b08f-fe63e28cb330	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb833.html	0dd6003313600b0a5969094ff92b6c3fc038286196a9307dff760edb84904959	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 833 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle inspectors.

Amend KRS 186A.115 to allow sheriffs to appoint up to two individuals at a new or used motor vehicle dealer that makes an average of 100 motor vehicle sales per month for the preceding 12 months as special inspectors solely to complete inspections of motor vehicles to be sold by that dealer; increase fees retained by the sheriff for conducting motor vehicle inspections; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create an electronic certified vehicle inspection form to electronically input all required information for motor vehicle inspections; exempt certified inspector numbers from open records requests unless required by a court order; amend KRS 186A.990 to add intentionally or willfully divulging a certified inspector number as a Class A misdemeanor and selling a certified inspector number as a Class D felony; amend KRS 70.030 to allow a sheriff to appoint a special inspector solely to perform motor vehicle inspections.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 103 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 833 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Meade — primary (person)
• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• N. Wilson — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• W. Lawrence — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Transportation (H)
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Transportation (H)
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Transportation (H)
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Transportation (H)
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Transportation (S)
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Transportation (S)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-1 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 103) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6793fc62-2909-46b4-b08f-fe63e28cb330. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).