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HB 7

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AN ACT relating to school bus safety.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Apr 9, 2026
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62)
Session
2026RS
Introduced
Jan 15, 2026
Primary Sponsor
D. Hale· primary

Summary

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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; establish the amount of the civil penalty; require that the revenue generated from a civil penalty 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 1 business day of payment; 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;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.

Subjects

Courts, DistrictCrimes And PunishmentsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryHighways, Streets, And BridgesMotor VehiclesPolice, City And CountyPolice, StateTraffic SafetyTransportation

Co-sponsors (4)

C. Aull · primary
G. Brown Jr. · primary
D. Grossberg · primary
K. King · primary

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