republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-311.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require each railroad company to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation at intersections with public roads or highways; direct the Transportation Cabinet or local government to remove obstructive vegetation if the railroad company fails to do so after receiving written notice from the cabinet or local government; establish procedures for reimbursement by the railroad company for the vegetation removal.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 311	Kentucky HB 311 (2026RS)	bill	Local Mandate State Agencies Traffic Safety Transportation	enacted	A. Donworth A. Moore B. Chester-Burton C. Fugate C. Massaroni D. Fister D. Grossberg D. Hale J. Calloway J. Decker J. Watkins K. Holloway K. Jackson L. Willner M. Dossett M. Hart N. Tate P. Griffee P. Stevenson R. Duvall R. Roarx S. Baker S. Bratcher S. Doan S. Riley S. Sharp S. Stalker T. Bojanowski T. Hampton T. Roberts W. Williams	3	25	3	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/08cc5d19-3ea3-4119-9bde-2552b00115fd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb311.html	96fd030e5cc89c9003c56d8d54ae1efadc23efc9965008561d9bc46a8372ad40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 311 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require each railroad company to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation at intersections with public roads or highways; direct the Transportation Cabinet or local government to remove obstructive vegetation if the railroad company fails to do so after receiving written notice from the cabinet or local government; establish procedures for reimbursement by the railroad company for the vegetation removal.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 195 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 311 w/ SCS 1 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 93–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Donworth — primary (person)
• A. Moore — primary (person)
• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Massaroni — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Watkins — primary (person)
• K. Holloway — primary (person)
• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Griffee — primary (person)
• P. Stevenson — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• S. Baker — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Doan — primary (person)
• S. Riley — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• S. Stalker — primary (person)
• T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
• T. Hampton — primary (person)
• T. Roberts — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Transportation (S)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Transportation (S)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 14 2026
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 98-0 passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08cc5d19-3ea3-4119-9bde-2552b00115fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).