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KentuckySB 432025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to identity documents.

Sponsored By: Donald Douglas (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

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4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

Driver medical reviews gain safeguards, smaller hearings

Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet must give written notice before restricting driving based on a medical condition. Drivers can avoid the stated action by completing an exam that meets medical standards. If they cannot, the Cabinet must consult board members with relevant medical training before acting. Drivers can request the impairment report in writing, seek an informal hearing, and appeal the hearing decision. A properly submitted medical report can override the board when it meets board and vision standards and certifies safe driving. That override does not apply when other physical or mental conditions exist. Hearings now need only one member with relevant medical training, rather than at least three members. The Cabinet sets daily board pay by regulation, replacing the statutory $200 rate; necessary meeting expenses remain reimbursable. The board must try to minimize costs for drivers, and the Cabinet cannot set age-based licensing tests or criteria.

Tax debts spare driving, not vehicle registration

Kentucky removes driver's licenses from these tax-debt penalties, but covered work licenses and vehicle registrations remain at risk. Overdue state taxes qualify after appeal rights expire, unless covered by a current installment agreement. A required return also qualifies when it remains unfiled 90 days after its due date, including extensions. Revenue officials must contact the taxpayer and give at least 20 days' certified-mail notice before referring the case. The notice must list the reason, affected licenses, and overdue taxes, including penalties and interest. After referral, agencies must deny or revoke covered licenses or deny vehicle registration until written tax clearance arrives. Taxpayers can appeal based on mistaken facts.

State must study more local licensing

Kentucky State Police and the Transportation Cabinet must report to the legislature's transportation committee by October 31, 2025. The report must cover costs, technology, and approval rules for private providers to proctor instruction-permit tests. It must estimate driver skills testing costs at three offices funded in the 2024 budget. It must also estimate needs for up to four additional offices considered for the 2026 budget. It must assess added licensing offices in counties above 50,000 people that lack one; the report does not itself open offices.

Private license processors can charge extra

Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet can approve private providers to process driver's license and specified state ID applications. Other government entities cannot qualify as third-party processors. Approved providers must follow Cabinet rules, collect required state fees, and promptly send those fees to the Cabinet. Providers can also charge applicants an extra service fee, with no amount or limit set in this law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Donald Douglas

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Amanda Mays Bledsoe

    Republican • Senate

  • Brandon J. Storm

    Republican • Senate

  • Gary Boswell

    Republican • Senate

  • Jimmy Higdon

    Republican • Senate

  • Matthew Deneen

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 157 • No: 8

Senate vote • 3/14/2025

passed

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 3/13/2025

3rd reading, passed

Yes: 84 • No: 8

Senate vote • 2/7/2025

3rd reading, passed

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 72)

    3/24/2025

  2. delivered to Governor

    3/14/2025

  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    3/14/2025Senate

  4. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    3/14/2025Senate

  5. passed 35-0

    3/14/2025Senate

  6. Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

    3/14/2025Senate

  7. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

    3/13/2025House

  8. posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/13/2025House

  9. to Rules (S)

    3/13/2025Senate

  10. received in Senate

    3/13/2025Senate

  11. 3rd reading, passed 84-8 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/13/2025House

  12. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025

    3/12/2025House

  13. 2nd reading, to Rules

    3/12/2025House

  14. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/11/2025House

  15. to Transportation (H)

    2/26/2025House

  16. to Committee on Committees (H)

    2/12/2025House

  17. received in House

    2/12/2025House

  18. 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

    2/7/2025Senate

  19. floor amendment adopted Committee Substitute (1)

    2/7/2025Senate

  20. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 07, 2025

    2/6/2025Senate

  21. 2nd reading, to Rules

    2/6/2025Senate

  22. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    2/5/2025Senate

  23. to Transportation (S)

    1/9/2025Senate

  24. to Committee on Committees (S)

    1/7/2025Senate

  25. introduced in Senate

    1/7/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Current

    3/14/2025

    PDF

  • Introduced

    11/21/2024

    PDF

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