republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-293.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require vehicles operating on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the highway; provide an exception for certain animal-drawn vehicles; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 293	Kentucky HB 293 (2026RS)	bill	Highways Streets And Bridges Motor Vehicles Traffic Safety Transportation	enacted	D. Hale W. Thomas	3	20	2	2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5c25af16-8f00-43a0-9da8-ada72cd813db	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb293.html	f798a14789d51efe8f377f5e6e6ee631314704e8b0f1fdec8c99834077500664	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 293 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require vehicles operating on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the highway; provide an exception for certain animal-drawn vehicles; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 31 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 293 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 80–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Hale — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-8 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 31) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c25af16-8f00-43a0-9da8-ada72cd813db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).