KentuckyAN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 125)Became Law
- Apr 1delivered to Governor
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 622. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by President of the SenateTo Governor
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 1received in House
- Apr 1passed 38-0Major
- Apr 1Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1)
- Apr 1posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 31to Rules (S)Minor
- Mar 31received in Senate
- Mar 31House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 27posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 20to Rules (H)Minor
- Vote recorded CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 622 w/ SCS 1. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 20received in House
- Mar 203rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)Passed Senate
- Mar 19posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
- Mar 192nd reading, to Rules as a consent billMinor
- Mar 18reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Mar 16to Transportation (S)Minor
- Mar 13to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Mar 13received in Senate
- Mar 123rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
- Mar 112nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 10reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Minor
- Feb 19to Transportation (H)Minor
- Feb 11to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Feb 11introduced in HouseIntroduced