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HB 601 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to highway access.

Summary
Amend KRS 177.240 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any county or city that maintains a limited access facility from requiring a property owner to pay compensation for any increase in property value attributable to the new access as a condition of allowing a property owner access.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationRemoves compensation requirement for highway access, facilitating infrastructure development without financial barriers.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Last action Mar 20, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text has been updated to reflect its current status as House Bill 601 (HB 601) rather than a bill with a different identifier (BR 2112). The changes involve updating the header information and page footers to match the official legislative numbering and session details.
TECHNICAL

Updated bill identifiers in headers and footers from 'BR 2112' to 'HB 601' and adjusted the session reference from '26 RS BR 2112' to '26 RS HB 601/GA'.

Floor votes · House Mar 19, 2026

How they voted

96–3
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 105
Mar 19, 2026
D Democratic21
19 Yea 1 Nay 1
90% Yea
R Republican84
77 Yea 2 Nay 5
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 20, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 91-3
lower
Mar 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
to Transportation (H)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.