republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-15.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 15	Kentucky HB 15 (2025RS)	bill	Driver Licensing Effective Dates Emergency Highways Streets and Bridges Police City and County Police State State Agencies Transportation	enacted		3	23	3	2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/858c7209-0704-4132-83b1-cd9b9cd031e3	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb15.html	7abaf5f7405676cf2a79e44bfef4351f6e29af30191599c6eda2754c8113af5d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 15 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 81 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 15 W/ scs1 — 36–1 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 86–13 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 90–5 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 13, 2025
• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 86-13 passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 90-5 passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 81) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/858c7209-0704-4132-83b1-cd9b9cd031e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).