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HB601 • 2026

AN ACT relating to highway access.

AN ACT relating to highway access.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
J. Decker
Last action
2026-03-20
Official status
03/20/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT relating to highway access.

AN ACT relating to highway access.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to highway access.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-20 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

  2. 2026-03-19 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    3rd reading, passed 91-3

  3. 2026-03-18 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026

  4. 2026-03-17 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules

  5. 2026-03-13 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    taken from Transportation (H) 1st reading returned to Transportation (H)

  6. 2026-02-17 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Transportation (H)

  7. 2026-02-09 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to highway access.

Current Bill Text

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 601/GA
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AN ACT relating to highway access. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 177.240 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) The Transportation Cabinet and any highway authorities of a[the state,] county 4
or[,] city[, and town] are authorized to [ so] design any limited access facility and 5
to[ so] regulate, restri ct, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which 6
the[such] facility is intended, and its determination of the[such] design shall be 7
final. 8
(2) In exercising its powers under subsection (1) of this section, the cabinet or county 9
or city highway authority may: [In this connection, such highway authorities are 10
authorized to ] 11
(a) Divide and separate any limited access facility into separate roadways by the 12
construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical 13
separations; and 14
(b) Designate these[, or by designating such] separate roadways by using signs, 15
markers, stripes, and other traffic control devices to identify the proper lane 16
for[ such] traffic[ by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, and other devices]. 17
(3) (a) A[No] person shall not have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across 18
limited access facilities to or from abutting lands, except: 19
1. At such designated points at which access may be permitted; and 20
2. Subject to the limitations in paragraph (b) of this subsection , upon 21
such terms and conditions as may be specified by the cabinet or county 22
or city highway authority that maintains the limited access 23
facility[from time to time]. 24
(b) The cabinet or county or city highway authority that maintains a limited 25
access facility, in granting access to a limited access facility, shall not 26
require the property owner to pay compensation for any increase in value to 27
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 601/GA
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the affected property attribu table to the new access based on before and 1
after property appraisals. 2