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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicles and making an appropriation."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Kentucky SB 199 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licensing", "Local Mandate", "Motor Carriers", "Motor Vehicles", "Taxation", "Technical Corrections", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Higdon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ce83a56-dd00-45ac-ae1d-c104b4e14f78"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb199.html"
source_hash: "9e6b74d41b81d3b5918063322fd4dc17bd54e7fb24b27c144d69bff80179e5d5"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb199/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0123.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb199/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ce83a56-dd00-45ac-ae1d-c104b4e14f78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).