KentuckyAN ACT relating to school bus safety.
What it does
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; allow the use of camera monitoring systems on school buses operated by a school district, and allow the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monitoring system; set the amount of the civil penalty; provide that the revenue generated from a civil penalty shall be retained by the school district; allow a law enforcement agency to charge a fee of $25 from every civil penalty enforced by the law enforcement agency; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; establish defenses to a violation; establish procedures for a contest to a violation; allow for suspension of motor vehicle registration for failure to timely pay a penalty; require a school district or law enforcement agency to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a motor vehicle registration suspension within one business day of payment; amend KRS 189.990 to increase the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school or church bus that is receiving or discharging passengers; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school or church bus to stop for the bus on a highway that is not divided by an elevated barrier or unpaved median.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 27passed over and retained in the Orders of the DayLatest
- Mar 14passed over and retained in the Orders of the DayMajor
- Mar 13passed over and retained in the Orders of the DayMajor
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2)
- Mar 13to Rules (S)Minor
- Mar 13received in Senate
- Mar 13passed 83-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)Passed House
- Mar 13Floor Amendment (1) defeated
- Mar 133rd readingMinor
- Mar 12posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Mar 12floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 122nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 11reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Mar 6to Transportation (H)Minor
- Mar 6to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Mar 6received in House
- Mar 53rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded PASS SB 38 W/ scs1. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 28posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
- Feb 272nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Feb 26reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Jan 9to Transportation (S)Minor
- Jan 7to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Jan 7introduced in SenateIntroduced