Introduced January 7, 2026
HB162
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Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish the circuit clerk as the representative of the Transportation Cabinet for accepting applications for operator's licenses, instruction permits, and personal identification cards and issuing temporary credentials; establish duties of the circuit clerks; amend KRS 186.531 to set forth the distribution of fees for operator's licenses, instruction permits, and personal identification cards; amend various sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to conform; amend KRS 27A.052, 116.0452, 116.0455, 116.085, 186.010, 186.014, and 189A.340 and various sections of KRS Chapter 281A to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.
Plain-language summary
This bill would allow circuit court clerks across Kentucky to accept applications for driver's licenses, instruction permits, and state ID cards on behalf of the Transportation Cabinet, and to issue temporary credentials. It also sets rules for how fees from these transactions would be distributed. The changes would take effect July 1, 2027. Who it may affect: Kentuckians applying for driver's licenses or state ID cards, and circuit court clerks who would take on new responsibilities under this arrangement.
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Savannah Maddox
Representative · House District 061
Co-sponsors (16)
Felicia Rabourn
Representative · House District 047
Steve Bratcher
Representative · House District 025
Josh Calloway
Representative · House District 010
Steven Doan
Representative · House District 069
Ryan Dotson
Representative · House District 073
Patrick Flannery
Representative · House District 096
Peyton Griffee
Representative · House District 026
Vanessa Grossl
Representative · House District 088
Mark Hart
Representative · House District 078
Kimberly Holloway
Representative · House District 002
Thomas Huff
Representative · House District 049
William Lawrence
Representative · House District 070
Candy Massaroni
Representative · House District 050
T.J. Roberts
Representative · House District 066
Timmy Truett
Representative · House District 089
Richard White
Representative · House District 099
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