republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-648.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.	Amend KRS 190.046 to establish conditions for reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers by manufacturers, component manufacturers, and distributors for parts and warranty or recall work on motor vehicles with a classification of 7 or higher as established in 49 C.F.R. sec. 565.15; define "component manufacturer"; expand the time frame for a dealer to submit a claim for warranty work from 30 days to 90 days.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 648	Kentucky HB 648 (2026RS)	bill	Commerce Motor Vehicles Trade Practices And Retailing Transportation	enacted	J. Blanton T. Smith	3	24	3	2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8ffd02c9-84de-4e2e-b3b9-98c02c461f75	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb648.html	3d2810fe10e2778d484848c9c024095cc4156ed45d49bdb0376df76fcaca5d05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 648 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.

Amend KRS 190.046 to establish conditions for reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers by manufacturers, component manufacturers, and distributors for parts and warranty or recall work on motor vehicles with a classification of 7 or higher as established in 49 C.F.R. sec. 565.15; define "component manufacturer"; expand the time frame for a dealer to submit a claim for warranty work from 30 days to 90 days.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 83 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 648 w/ SFA 1 — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Floor Amendment (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 90-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ffd02c9-84de-4e2e-b3b9-98c02c461f75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).