KentuckyAN ACT relating to motor vehicles and declaring an emergency.
What it does
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to require that beginning July 1, 2027, lienholders and motor vehicle dealers use the electronic title application and registration system to submit title, registration, and lien documents; provide exemptions; require the Transportation Cabinet to ensure the electronic title application and registration system and the centralized lien management system are operational by January 1, 2027; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to provide that beginning July 1, 2027, titles will not automatically be printed and mailed to the vehicle owner, but kept electronically in the automated vehicle information system; establish procedures to obtain a printed title; amend KRS 186A.130 to set fees for obtaining a printed title; amend KRS 134.805 to allow the notices for ad valorem taxes and registration renewal to be sent by email or text message, rather than by mail; amend KRS 64.012 to establish the fee for the filing of a renewal of a security interest on a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186A.005 to define "termination statement"; amend KRS 186A.200 to eliminate the fee for late filing of a title lien statement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to allow county clerks to accept alternative forms of payment for motor vehicle taxes and fees; collect convenience fees on alternative payments, and transmit funds via automated clearing house debit; amend KRS 186.230 to eliminate the requirement that the county clerk send duplicate receipt to the Transportation Cabinet and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 138.464 to eliminate the requirement that the county clerk send duplicate receipts to the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 186A.035 to allow joint owners of a vehicle who are not spouses to designate a transfer of ownership upon death and to conform; amend KRS 186A.060 to allow an individual to use a Kentucky personal identification card when registering a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.050 to establish that registration of a motor vehicle as a farm truck excludes the use of the vehicle in for-hire operation; amend KRS 186.077 to establish that by renewing the registration of a street-legal special purpose vehicle, the owner is certifying that the vehicle continues to meet all equipment requirements; amend KRS 186.170 to eliminate the use of a decal on the license to cover the trademark of a private corporation; amend KRS 142.010 to allow county clerks to report and remit taxes on the notation of a security interest on a certificate of title through AVIS and the Transportation Cabinet; amend KRS 186.020, 186.045, and 235.066 to conform.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 135)Became Law
- Apr 2
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 110. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 1delivered to Governor
- Vote recorded Final Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseTo Governor
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 1passed 35-1Major
- Apr 1Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- Apr 1posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- Apr 1to Rules (S)Minor
- Apr 1received in Senate
- Apr 1passed 76-13Major
- Apr 1Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- Apr 1Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- Apr 1Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- Apr 1Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- Apr 1Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- Apr 1Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- Apr 1House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)
- Mar 31posted for passage for receding from House
- Mar 31to Rules (H)Minor
- Mar 31received in House
- Mar 31Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)
- Mar 31posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (2) and (3-title) and Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 27to Rules (S)Minor
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 27received in Senate
- Mar 273rd reading, passed 77-9 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)Passed House
- Mar 26floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to billMinor
- Mar 20posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- Mar 18floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 182nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 17reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Mar 5to Transportation (H)Minor
- Feb 17to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Feb 17received in House
- Feb 133rd reading, passed 31-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded PASS SB 110 w/ SCS 1, SFA 2. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- Feb 12posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
- Feb 122nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Feb 11floor amendment (2) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Feb 11floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Feb 11reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Feb 2to Transportation (S)Minor
- Jan 20to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Jan 20introduced in SenateIntroduced