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Committee hears bill to create registration and inspection pathway for 'street‑legal special purpose vehicles'
Summary
Senate Bill 63 would allow owners to register certain UTVs/side‑by‑sides as “street‑legal special purpose vehicles” subject to inspection and registration, with specific operational limits and fees; the committee heard extensive testimony but no final vote is recorded in the provided transcript.
Senate Bill 63, introduced to the Kentucky Senate Committee on Transportation by Sen. Brandon Storm (R–District 21), would define and authorize an optional registration and inspection pathway for what the bill calls “street‑legal special purpose vehicles” (for example, UTVs/side‑by‑sides that meet equipment and safety requirements).
Storm said the bill exempts vehicles used primarily for farm or agricultural activities and does not mandate separate inspection or insurance for those agricultural vehicles. Under the draft language discussed, a street‑legal special purpose vehicle must meet safety features such as roll bars, seat belts and windshields; be inspected by a…
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