HB 622 KY

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 2030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.

• J. Blanton Republican · primary
• T. Smith Republican · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary

1. Feb 11, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 11, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 19, 2026 to Transportation (H) · lower
4. Mar 10, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
5. Mar 11, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Mar 11, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026 · lower
7. Mar 12, 2026 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
8. Mar 13, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Mar 13, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 16, 2026 to Transportation (S) · upper
11. Mar 18, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
12. Mar 19, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · lower
13. Mar 19, 2026 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026 · lower
14. Mar 20, 2026 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
15. Mar 20, 2026 received in House · lower
16. Mar 20, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
17. Mar 27, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
18. Mar 31, 2026 House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
19. Mar 31, 2026 received in Senate · upper
20. Mar 31, 2026 to Rules (S) · upper
21. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
22. Apr 1, 2026 Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1) · lower
23. Apr 1, 2026 passed 38-0 · lower
24. Apr 1, 2026 received in House · lower
25. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
26. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
27. Apr 1, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
28. Apr 13, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125) · lower