republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-199.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to motor vehicles and making an appropriation.	Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 281A regarding commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to define terms; change references from "commercial driver's instruction permit" to "commercial learner's permit" (CLP) throughout KRS Chapter 281A; streamline procedures for application and testing of CDL applicants who are not residents of Kentucky; specify the need for federally mandated entry level driver training; eliminate references to a moped license; expand the testing exemption for CDL applicants who have military driving experience to include the knowledge test; establish a lifetime CDL revocation penalty for any individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of human trafficking; require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383; amend KRS 186.410 to eliminate the stand-alone moped license; amend KRS 186.018 to require the Transportation Cabinet to keep driving history records of CDL and CLP holders indefinitely; amend KRS 186.4122 to prohibit individuals from having more than one operator's license or personal identification card; amend KRS 186.4123 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.531 to set fees for personal ID cards issued to homeless individuals; amend KRS 186.060 to streamline procedures for the application and issuance of registration for vehicles owned or leased by units of government; amend KRS 186.1911 to establish a $5 fee for a replacement vehicle identification number plate; amend KRS 186.040 to set a reinstatement fee $40 for a suspended or revoked registration, divide fee evenly between the county clerk and the Transportation Cabinet; amend KRS 186A.035, regarding vehicle registration, to apply the year-round registration system to motor vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less and require owners to supply their birth date during the process of registration; amend KRS 281.720 to exempt vehicles operating on a peer-to-peer certificate from the requirement to display a motor carrier license plate; amend various sections of KRS 138.660 to 138.7291 to streamline application and tax filing procedures for motor carriers; amend KRS 138.513 to correct a statutory reference; amend KRS 174.990 and 224-43.350 to conform; repeal KRS 174.450, which relates to a license to operate a municipal solid waste transportation vehicle, and 281A.310, which relates to CDLs for nonresidents enrolled in instruction programs.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	SB 199	Kentucky SB 199 (2024RS)	bill	Driver Licensing Local Mandate Motor Carriers Motor Vehicles Taxation Technical Corrections Transportation	enacted	J. Higdon	3	22	3	2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0ce83a56-dd00-45ac-ae1d-c104b4e14f78	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb199.html	9e6b74d41b81d3b5918063322fd4dc17bd54e7fb24b27c144d69bff80179e5d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 199 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicles and making an appropriation.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 281A regarding commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to define terms; change references from "commercial driver's instruction permit" to "commercial learner's permit" (CLP) throughout KRS Chapter 281A; streamline procedures for application and testing of CDL applicants who are not residents of Kentucky; specify the need for federally mandated entry level driver training; eliminate references to a moped license; expand the testing exemption for CDL applicants who have military driving experience to include the knowledge test; establish a lifetime CDL revocation penalty for any individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of human trafficking; require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383; amend KRS 186.410 to eliminate the stand-alone moped license; amend KRS 186.018 to require the Transportation Cabinet to keep driving history records of CDL and CLP holders indefinitely; amend KRS 186.4122 to prohibit individuals from having more than one operator's license or personal identification card; amend KRS 186.4123 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.531 to set fees for personal ID cards issued to homeless individuals; amend KRS 186.060 to streamline procedures for the application and issuance of registration for vehicles owned or leased by units of government; amend KRS 186.1911 to establish a $5 fee for a replacement vehicle identification number plate; amend KRS 186.040 to set a reinstatement fee $40 for a suspended or revoked registration, divide fee evenly between the county clerk and the Transportation Cabinet; amend KRS 186A.035, regarding vehicle registration, to apply the year-round registration system to motor vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less and require owners to supply their birth date during the process of registration; amend KRS 281.720 to exempt vehicles operating on a peer-to-peer certificate from the requirement to display a motor carrier license plate; amend various sections of KRS 138.660 to 138.7291 to streamline application and tax filing procedures for motor carriers; amend KRS 138.513 to correct a statutory reference; amend KRS 174.990 and 224-43.350 to conform; repeal KRS 174.450, which relates to a license to operate a municipal solid waste transportation vehicle, and 281A.310, which relates to CDLs for nonresidents enrolled in instruction programs.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 123 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 199 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASS SB 199 W/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Higdon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ce83a56-dd00-45ac-ae1d-c104b4e14f78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).