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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle inspectors."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 833"
citation: "Kentucky HB 833 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Local Mandate", "Motor Vehicles", "Sheriffs", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Bentley", "D. Meade", "K. Jackson", "K. King", "N. Wilson", "R. Duvall", "R. Palumbo", "W. Lawrence", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6793fc62-2909-46b4-b08f-fe63e28cb330"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb833.html"
source_hash: "0dd6003313600b0a5969094ff92b6c3fc038286196a9307dff760edb84904959"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb833/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0103.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb833/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6793fc62-2909-46b4-b08f-fe63e28cb330`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).