Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB601: AN ACT relating to highway access.
Status: In committee, March 20, 2026
Amend KRS 177.240 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any county or city that maintains a limited access facility from requiring a property owner to pay compensation for any increase in property value attributable to the new access as a condition of allowing a property owner access.
What the bill says
An act relating to highway access.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to highway access. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 177.240 is amended to read as follows: (1) The Transportation Cabinet and any highway authorities of a[the state,] county or[,] city[, and town] are authorized to[ so] design any limited access facility and to[ so] regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which the[such] facility is intended, and its determination of the[such] design shall be final. (2) In exercising its powers under subsection (1) of this section, the cabinet or county or city highway authority may:[In this connection, such highway authorities are authorized to ] (a) Divide and separate any limited access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations; and (b) Designate these[, or by designating such] separate roadways by using signs, markers, stripes, and other traffic control devices to identify the proper lane for[ such] traffic[ by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, and other devices]. (3) (a) A[No] person shall not have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across limited access facilities to or from abutting lands, and 2. Subject to the limitations in paragraph (b) of this subsection, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified by the cabinet …
Sponsors
- Jennifer Decker (R, HD-058) · primary sponsor
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033)
- Tony Hampton (R, HD-062)
- Matt Lockett (R, HD-039)
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 91-3
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- : reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- : returned to Transportation (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Transportation (H)
- : to Transportation (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 295 (March 19, 2026): 91 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Property, Highways, Streets, And Bridges, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB601?
- HB601 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to highway access.
- What does HB601 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to highway access.
- What is the status of HB601?
- In committee as of March 20, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (March 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB601?
- Jennifer Decker (R, HD-058), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB601?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb601.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.