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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Kentucky HB 293 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Streets", "And Bridges", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Safety", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hale", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c25af16-8f00-43a0-9da8-ada72cd813db"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb293.html"
source_hash: "f798a14789d51efe8f377f5e6e6ee631314704e8b0f1fdec8c99834077500664"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb293/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0031.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb293/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 293 — **380** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **808** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c25af16-8f00-43a0-9da8-ada72cd813db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).