HB 282 — AN ACT relating to vehicle lights.

Summary

Amend KRS 189.920 to allow wreckers to be equipped with a flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue light, to be used only when the wrecker is stationary and while removing a vehicle or debris from the highway; prohibit a wrecker from using a blue light when towing a vehicle; this Act may be cited as Troy's Law.

Bill Text

Compared against the Kentucky Revised Statutes as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill adds provisions allowing deputy coroners to equip vehicles with emergency lights and sirens for responding to death reports.

• KRS 189.920

  A deputy coroner certified pursuant to KRS Chapter 72 may equip a publicly owned or privately owned motor vehicle, or both, with flashing, rotating, or oscillating red and blue lights and a siren meeting the requirements of this section solely for the purpose of responding to a report of the death of a human being, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) The deputy coroner has made a written request to the coroner to equip a publicly owned or privately owned vehicle with flashing, rotating, or oscillating red and blue lights meeting the requirements of this section and the coroner has approved the request in writing; (b) The coroner makes a written request to the legislative body of the county, urban-county government, charter county government, consolidated local government, or unified local government in which the coroner is elected to permit the deputy coroner to equip a publicly owned motor vehicle or privately owned motor vehicle, or both, and that request has been approved by the legislative body by ordinance or by court order; (c) The deputy coroner may use the lights and siren only while responding to the scene of the report of the death of a human being and shall not, KRS 189.940 to the contrary notwithstanding, exceed the posted speed limit; and (d) The permission granted pursuant to this section shall expire upon the coroner leaving office or the legislative body revoking the authorization.

  This change allows deputy coroners to use emergency lights and sirens under specified conditions when responding to incidents involving human deaths.

Action History

1. March 03, 2026

   to Committee on Committees (S)

2. March 03, 2026

   received in Senate

3. March 02, 2026

   3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

4. February 25, 2026

   posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026

5. February 25, 2026

   2nd reading, to Rules

6. February 24, 2026

   reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

7. January 15, 2026

   to Transportation (H)

8. January 08, 2026

   to Committee on Committees (H)

9. January 08, 2026

   introduced in House

Sponsors

• Aaron Thompson · Primary
• T.J. Roberts · Primary
• Felicia Rabourn · Primary
• J.T. Payne · Primary
• Kimberly Poore Moser · Primary
• Candy Massaroni · Primary
• Savannah Maddox · Primary
• Matt Lockett · Primary
• William Lawrence · Primary
• Kim King · Primary
• Kim Holloway · Primary
• David Hale · Primary
• Steven Doan · Primary
• Beverly Chester-Burton · Primary
• Josh Calloway · Primary
• Emily Callaway · Primary
• Patrick Flannery · Primary
• Richard White · Primary

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