Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
01/09/25	to Transportation (S)
02/05/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/06/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 07, 2025
02/07/25	floor amendment adopted Committee Substitute (1) 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/12/25	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/26/25	to Transportation (H)
03/11/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/12/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except establish that physicians authorized to practice medicine, osteopaths, optometrists, or advanced registered practice nurses are authorized to sit on the medical review board; authorize the medical review board to accept the statement of a person's medical professional that the person does not have a condition that impairs his or her ability to operate a motor vehicle.
Index Headings	Motor Vehicles - Transportation Cabinet, medical review board, creation State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, medical review board, creation Transportation - Medical review board, creation Boards and Commissions - Transportation Cabinet, medical review board, creation

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; require that a member of the medical review board be licensed in the area relevant to the case when conducting an informal review; allow that any of the providers appointed to the medical review board who are licensed in the area relevant to the case can be involved in the initial review; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; establish minimum standards for third-party issuance and allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided; require the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Transportation Cabinet to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation by October 31, 2025 on the technological and budget needs of expanding access for driver testing and identity document issuance; identify the information required to be reported.
Index Headings	General Assembly - Driver license testing and issuance, State Police and Transportation Cabinet, budget estimates Motor Vehicles - Transportation Cabinet, medical review board, creation Police, State - Driver license testing and issuance, State Police, budget estimate report State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, identity documents, third-party application State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, medical review board, creation Transportation - Medical review board, creation Transportation - Transportation Cabinet, identity documents, third-party application Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Transportation Cabinet, identity documents, third-party application Boards and Commissions - Transportation Cabinet, medical review board, creation Reports Mandated - Driver license testing and issuance, State Police and Transportation Cabinet, budget estimates Driver Licensing - Applications, third-party services

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Blanton
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 43/ GA