Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB622: AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, April 13, 2026
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, 2030; 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.
What the bill says
An act relating to county roads and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to county roads and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 179 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section, "chip seal" means a pavement surface treatment that combines one (1) or more layers of asphalt with one (1) or more layers of gravel or fine aggregate. (2) Beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2030, the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall oversee a pilot project evaluating the use of chip seal on gravel roads. (3) Subject to the limitations in subsection (4) of this section, a county may use funds allocated to it under KRS 177.320(2) to chip seal existing gravel roads in that county's road system. (4) The maximum percentage of county road aid funds a county may use in any fiscal year to chip seal county roads under subsection (3) of this section shall be equal to the percentage of roads in that county's county road system that are surfaced with gravel on July 1 of that fiscal year. (5) No later than October 31, 2027, and annually thereafter until October 31, 3030, the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission for referral …
Sponsors
- John Blanton (R, HD-092) · primary sponsor
- Tom Smith (R, HD-086)
- David Hale (R, HD-074)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : passed 38-0
- : Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1)
- : posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
Votes
- Senate: FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 622 RSN# 4104 (April 1, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: Floor Vote (SCS 1) RSN# 3975 (March 20, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 241 (March 12, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Effective Dates, Emergency, Highways, Streets, And Bridges, Budget And Financial Administration, Transportation, Counties
Common questions
- What is HB622?
- HB622 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB622 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to county roads and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB622?
- Signed into law as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125) (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB622?
- John Blanton (R, HD-092), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB622?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb622.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.