Kentucky
General Assembly

01/08/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/18/26	to Transportation (S)
03/04/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/05/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
03/06/26	3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/10/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/18/26	to Transportation (H)
03/24/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/25/26	2nd reading, to Rules
03/26/26	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
03/31/26	floor amendment (1) filed
04/01/26	floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, with the following exceptions: delete definition for "parts"; prohibit a manufacturer from establishing an unduly burdensome process for submission of repair orders or providing payment; establish that requiring receipts and customer signatures is not unduly burdensome; set forth time frames for manufacturers and distributors to respond to properly submitted dealer claims and conditions under which a manufacturer or distributor are exempt from those time frames; establish procedures by which dealers' labor rates are calculated; make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Business Entities And Organizations - Motor vehicle dealers, warranty work, relationship with manufacturers Contracts - Motor vehicle dealers, warranty work, relationship with manufacturers Motor Vehicles - Dealers, warranty work, relationship with manufacturers Small Business - Motor vehicle dealers, warranty work, relationship with manufacturers Trade Practices And Retailing - Motor vehicle dealers, warranty work, relationship with manufacturers

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Rudy
Summary	Exclude “limited customer incentives” from the definition of “warranty work” as it relates to service contracts; add "breach of warranty or contract, fraud, or consumer protection" to the exceptions in the indemnification section; limit indemnification to manufacturer directed warranty work; add exception language to the restrictions against manufacturers or distributors requiring a warranty term, policy, or procedure different from statute; add exception language to the restrictions against reducing payments relative to market norms and averages.
Index Headings	Motor Vehicles - Warranty work, definition Motor Vehicles - Warranty work, indemnification, exceptions Trade Practices And Retailing - Motor vehicle warranty work, definition Trade Practices And Retailing - Motor vehicle, warranty work, indemnification, exceptions

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Payne
Summary	Amend KRS 189.222 to allow vehicles with a gross weight of up to 90,000 pounds transporting fluid milk from a farm to the first market to operate on any state highway; allow for a 10% weight tolerance; establish exceptions and limitations; amend KRS 189.010 to include fluid milk products in the definition of "nondivisible load" as it pertains to the roads that are a part of the national truck network; amend KRS 189.270 to allow overweight permits for the transportation of fluid milk products up to a gross weight of 100,000 pounds; amend KRS 189.2717 to allow annual overweight permits along a specified route for the transportation of fluid milk products up to a gross weight of 100,000 pounds; amend KRS 189.221 to conform.
Index Headings	Agriculture - Milk transportation, nondivisible loads Agriculture - Milk transportation, overweight permits Highways, Streets, And Bridges - Milk transportation, nondivisible loads Highways, Streets, And Bridges - Milk transportation, overweight permits Motor Carriers - Milk transportation, nondivisible loads Motor Carriers - Milk transportation, overweight permits Transportation - Milk transportation, nondivisible loads Transportation - Milk transportation, overweight permits

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Payne
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 94/GA