2025 Regular Session • Kentucky Legislature
HB172: AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels.
Legislative Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require vehicles operating on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the highway; provide exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense.
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Bill History
1/9/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/9/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
to Transportation (H)
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/9/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Transportation(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Walker Thomas
Republican