Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB519: AN ACT relating to identity documents.
Status: Passed one chamber, April 15, 2026
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "communication disorder"; establish that at the time of application for an instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card a person may choose to have a notation on the document indicating that they have a communication disorder; direct that no fee shall be charged for the inclusion or removal of a notation; provide that a person may request removal of the notation; direct that the Department of Kentucky State Police shall implement training on interacting with persons who have a communication disorder; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.
What the bill says
An act relating to identity documents.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to identity documents. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 186.400 TO 186.640 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section, "communication disorder" means a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication. (2) The application for any initial or renewal instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card under KRS 186.400 to 186.640, shall allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document that the applicant has a communication disorder. (3) The cabinet shall: (a) Ensure that the instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card of an applicant who has indicated a communication disorder on an application includes a notation of the communication disorder on the face of the instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card; (b) Consult with developmental disability and intellectual disability advocacy groups with respect to the design of the communication disorder notation; (c) Notify a person with a communication disorder notation on an instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card who turns eighteen (18) years of age that the person may request that the communication disorder notation be removed; (d) Delete any record of a person's communication disorder notation on request by the person at any time; (e) Establish public outreach …
Sponsors
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068) · primary sponsor
- Wade Williams (R, HD-004)
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : taken from the Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- : floor amendment (1) filed
- : 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Votes
- Senate: PASS HB 519 w/ SFA 1 (SFA 1) RSN# 4093 (March 31, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 176 (March 2, 2026): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Police, State, Fees, Transportation, Police, City And County, Effective Dates, Delayed, Driver Licensing, Disabilities
Common questions
- What is HB519?
- HB519 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to identity documents.
- What does HB519 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to identity documents.
- What is the status of HB519?
- Passed one chamber as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB519?
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB519?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb519.html
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