AN ACT relating to school bus safety.

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…

Police, City and County Police, State Traffic Safety Transportation Courts, District Crimes and Punishments Education, Elementary and Secondary Highways, Streets, and Bridges Motor Vehicles

Introduced: January 15, 2026

Last action: April 9, 2026

(Acts Ch. 62)

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill allows Kentucky school districts to install camera systems on school buses to catch drivers who illegally pass a stopped bus with its stop arm extended. Drivers caught by these cameras can be fined, and that fine money stays with the school district. The bill also raises the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school or church bus and expands the rule requiring traffic traveling in the opposite direction to stop on certain roads. Who it may affect: drivers, school districts, students who ride school buses, and law enforcement agencies.

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