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| Bill | AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 3030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 622 | Kentucky HB 622 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky HB 622 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 3030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 125 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 622 w/ SCS 1 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 622 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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
- 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-03-13T04:00:00+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 with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2 - 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
- 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S)
referral-committee - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0
passage - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 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. 125)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e8ab088-050a-41a6-8ebe-a1dfb77eed30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).