republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-189.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to pedestrians.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; prohibit a person from remaining on any portion of a state-maintained right-of-way that is not designated for pedestrian use; provide exemptions and authorize local governmental exceptions; allow local governments to enact ordinances to authorize limited exceptions to the prohibition; allow the Transportation Cbinet to promulgate administrative regulations to define minimum standards for state-maintained rights-of-way; amend KRS 189.570 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 189	Kentucky HB 189 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Highways Streets And Bridges Local Government State Agencies Traffic Safety Transportation	enacted	K. Jackson M. Meredith R. Duvall S. Lewis S. McPherson S. Riley	3	23	2	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/19a3dd01-4440-436e-844f-aaffa9575a16	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb189.html	951d081da093493dde4f1eebcfc0cbc64d4d1aa8b742b77726e36fbad096803b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 189 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to pedestrians.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; prohibit a person from remaining on any portion of a state-maintained right-of-way that is not designated for pedestrian use; provide exemptions and authorize local governmental exceptions; allow local governments to enact ordinances to authorize limited exceptions to the prohibition; allow the Transportation Cbinet to promulgate administrative regulations to define minimum standards for state-maintained rights-of-way; amend KRS 189.570 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 32 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 189 — 31–6 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 80–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• M. Meredith — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Riley — 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
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-11 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+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 Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed 31-6 passage
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2026-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 32) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19a3dd01-4440-436e-844f-aaffa9575a16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).