HB 456 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.

Summary
Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that operating a motor vehicle while the person's operator's license is suspended for a previous violation of driving under the influence or KRS 189A.090 is an aggravating circumstance; expand the list of controlled substances; amend KRS 189A.070 to extend the period of license suspension for a person who is issued an ignition interlock license for a first offense from four months to six months; require each person who is issued an ignition interlock license to comply with the consecutive day requirements in KRS 189A.340 within the last 90 or 120 days of the suspension period, and provide that if the person does not comply the period of suspension will continue until the consecutive day requirements are fulfilled; require that any period of license suspension be tolled during any sentence of imprisonment for a violation of KRS 189A.010; amend KRS 189A.340 to require a person whose license is suspended for a violation of KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f) to apply for an ignition interlock license; reduce the ignition interlock device installation fee to $100 and require installation to not exceed three hours.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill amends Kentucky's DUI laws by reorganizing the structure of the statute while maintaining the same core prohibitions and penalties. The primary changes involve formatting adjustments, renumbering of subsections, and minor text reorganization without substantive policy modifications to DUI thresholds, penalties, or enforcement procedures.
TECHNICAL

Reorganized the statute's numbering and formatting structure, changing from a single continuous section to a more structured layout with clearer subsection divisions

Adjusted page headers and document identification numbers from '25 RS BR 444' to '25 RS HB 456/GA' to reflect the bill number

Reformatted line breaks and spacing throughout the document for improved readability and standard legislative formatting

POLICY

Core DUI prohibitions, blood alcohol concentration thresholds (0.08% for adults, 0.02% for under 21), penalties, and evidence rules remain substantively the same

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

936
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 104
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic21
18 Yea 1 Nay 2
85% Yea
R Republican83
75 Yea 5 Nay 3
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 89-6 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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