AN ACT relating to signage on state-maintained highways.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to require that border signs on state-maintained highways not display the name of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor; require the Transportation Cabinet to update existing signage within 30 days of the effective date of the Act.

Introduced: January 9, 2025

Last action: February 4, 2025

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This bill would ban the names of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor from appearing on the welcome signs posted at Kentucky's state borders along state-maintained highways. The Transportation Cabinet would be required to update any existing signs that include those names within 30 days of the law taking effect. Who it may affect: Kentucky travelers and residents who cross state borders on state-maintained highways, and the Transportation Cabinet responsible for updating the signs.

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