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; 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…

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

Introduced: January 7, 2025

Last action: March 27, 2025

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This bill would allow Kentucky school districts to install camera systems on school buses to automatically record drivers who illegally pass a stopped bus with its stop arm extended, and would create a civil penalty for those violations. It also raises the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school or church bus and requires drivers going in the opposite direction to stop on undivided roads. Revenue from the camera penalties would go to…

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