republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-144.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.	Amend KRS 186A.295 to exclude the cost of parts and labor to make cosmetic repairs to a motor vehicle from the cost of repair calculation for the required surrender of the certificate of title for a motor vehicle or trailer that has been destroyed; require a motor vehicle that is exempt from title surrender to be issued a salvage title; amend KRS 186A.190 and 186A.520 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 144	Kentucky HB 144 (2026RS)	bill	County Clerks Insurance Motor Vehicle Motor Vehicles Transportation	enacted	D. Elliott D. Grossberg E. Callaway J. Hodgson M. Hart N. Tate P. Griffee R. Dotson T. Huff T. Smith	3	23	3	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/63c3d43f-9b4c-47ae-b995-66e6c22739f1	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb144.html	5ed99dc07eebf63f5eb24a4c68a1749c5063dcdf1ec10873e9749c18a3b5681a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 144 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.

Amend KRS 186A.295 to exclude the cost of parts and labor to make cosmetic repairs to a motor vehicle from the cost of repair calculation for the required surrender of the certificate of title for a motor vehicle or trailer that has been destroyed; require a motor vehicle that is exempt from title surrender to be issued a salvage title; amend KRS 186A.190 and 186A.520 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 100 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 144 w/ SCS 1 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• J. Hodgson — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Griffee — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• T. Huff — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 91-0 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 100) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63c3d43f-9b4c-47ae-b995-66e6c22739f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).