republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-622.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Kentucky HB 622 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget And Financial Administration", "Counties", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Highways", "Streets", "And Bridges", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hale", "J. Blanton", "T. Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e8ab088-050a-41a6-8ebe-a1dfb77eed30"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb622.html"
source_hash: "91bf445ff2c4fcae192bdd5c1338fb4eb144cfc7f931c90205b50b565fa688b2"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb622/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0125.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb622/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e8ab088-050a-41a6-8ebe-a1dfb77eed30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).