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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports."
description: "Amend KRS 189.635 to define \"law enforcement agency\"; allow law enforcement agencies to retain copies of accident reports filed with the State Police; allow law enforcement agencies access to vehicle accident reports, and allow them to contract with third parties to provide the reports to other entities that are eligible to receive them under the section; make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Kentucky SB 162 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Public Records and Reports", "Technical Corrections", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm", "D. Carroll", "J. Turner", "P. Wheeler", "R. Mills", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f83ae02-c014-4ee5-b976-88bcf6d28761"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb162.html"
source_hash: "4e822d7b894f1e0f428760f36919cd608a61e6cf215987a0db836f54aacd1f27"
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 SB 162 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports.
Amend KRS 189.635 to define "law enforcement agency"; allow law enforcement agencies to retain copies of accident reports filed with the State Police; allow law enforcement agencies access to vehicle accident reports, and allow them to contract with third parties to provide the reports to other entities that are eligible to receive them under the section; make technical corrections.
## 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/24RS/sb162/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 23** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0023.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb162/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS SB 162 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- B. Storm — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- J. Turner — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.23) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f83ae02-c014-4ee5-b976-88bcf6d28761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).