Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB658: AN ACT relating to limited commercial driver's licenses and declaring an emergency.
Status: Passed one chamber, April 15, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate emergency and ordinary administrative regulations to extend the allowable time length a limited CDL in accordance with the maximum length allowed under 49 C.F.R sec. 383.3; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to limited commercial driver's licenses and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to limited commercial driver's licenses and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 281A IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: In accordance with 49 C.F.R. sec. 383.3(f)(3)(ii), as it existed on the effective date of this section of this Act, regarding exemptions for restricted CDLs for certain drivers in farm-related service industries, the cabinet shall promulgate emergency and ordinary administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to extend the allowable time length of a limited CDL to the maximum length allowed under 49 C.F.R sec. 383.3(f)(3)(ii), as it existed on the effective date of this section of this Act. SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 186 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section, "local official" means a circuit clerk, county clerk, county sheriff, or county judge/executive. (2) In any county where at least one (1) permanent regional licensing office is not located, the Transportation Cabinet shall expand the availability of driver licensing services by establishing a system in which a local official in the county may issue renewal and duplicate operator's licenses and personal identification cards through a mutual agreement between that local official and the Transportation Cabinet. (3) In a county in …
Sponsors
- Felicia Rabourn (R, HD-047) · primary sponsor
- Ryan Bivens (R, HD-024)
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
- Myron Dossett (R, HD-009)
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : taken from the Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Agriculture (S)
Votes
- Senate: PASS HB 658 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) (SCS 1) RSN# 4032 (March 27, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 175 (March 2, 2026): 93 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Effective Dates, Emergency, Transportation, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Agriculture
Common questions
- What is HB658?
- HB658 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to limited commercial driver's licenses and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB658 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to limited commercial driver's licenses and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB658?
- Passed one chamber as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB658?
- Felicia Rabourn (R, HD-047), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB658?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb658.html
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