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House Bill 461

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Last Action	03/12/24: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to school bus safety.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Local Mandate Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	1794
Sponsors	D. Hale, C. Aull, R. Palumbo, W. Williams
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to define terms; require the use of camera monitoring systems on all school buses by all school districts, and require 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 county; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; require a form for a stop arm camera violation notice; establish defenses to a violation; establish procedures for a contest to a violation; require a recipient of a violation to pay or contest the violation within 60 days; allow for suspension of registration for failure to pay a fine; require a county to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a suspension within one business day of payment; amend KRS 189.990 to increase the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school bus or church bus that is receiving or discharging passengers; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school bus to stop for a school bus on highways that are not divided by a raised barrier or unpaved median; amend KRS 64.090 to provide that a sheriff may retain charge and collect a fee pf $50 from every collected civil penalty for a stop arm camera violation enforced by the sheriff's office; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus stop arm cameras, installation, requirement Effective Dates, Delayed - School district, school bus stop arm cameras, civil penalty, July 1, 2025 Sheriffs - Stop arm camera violation, proceeds of civil penalty, sheriff's office Transportation - School bus stop arm cameras, requirement Counties - School bus stop arm cameras, requirement Boards and Commissions - Code enforcement boards, school bus stop are cameras, violations Local Mandate - School bus stop arm cameras, installation requirement
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3
Votes	Vote History

Actions

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02/05/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/22/24	to Transportation (H)
02/27/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
02/28/24	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
03/01/24	floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
03/06/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
03/11/24	3rd reading, passed 79-14 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3)
03/12/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except make installing and maintaining a camera monitoring system on each school bus permissive instead of mandatory.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus stop arm cameras, installation, option Transportation - School bus stop arm cameras, installation, option

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Elliott
Summary	Retain original provisions, except remove all references to a code enforcement board.
Index Headings	Boards and Commissions - School bus stop arm cameras, enforcement Transportation - School bus stop arm cameras, enforcement

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	D. Hale
Summary	Retain all original provisions, except remove references to an ordinance.
Index Headings	Transportation - School bus stop arm cameras, violation

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Blanton
Summary	Retain original provisions, except allow recorded images produced by a camera monitoring system to be admitted if the incident involves an accident or criminal proceeding.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus stop arm camera, violation Transportation - School bus stop arm camera, violation

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