AN ACT relating to traffic control signal monitoring systems.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "agency," "owner," "recorded images," and "traffic control signal monitoring system"; establish a civil penalty of $50 if a motor vehicle in a consolidated local government is recorded failing to obey the instructions of a traffic control device; set forth forms and procedures; outline defenses for citations for failing to obey a traffic control device; mandate that a person who refuses to pay the civil penalty and…

Introduced: February 26, 2026

Last action: February 26, 2026

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This bill would allow consolidated local governments in Kentucky to use camera systems at traffic signals to catch drivers who run red lights, issuing a $50 civil fine based on recorded images. It sets out the rules for how citations are issued, what defenses drivers can use, and states that paying the fine would not add points to a driver's record. Drivers who neither pay nor contest the citation would have their vehicle registration suspended. Who it may affect: motor vehicle owners and drivers in consolidated local governments, such as Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government.

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