HB 7 KY

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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.

• D. Hale Republican · primary
• C. Aull Democratic · primary
• G. Brown Jr. Democratic · primary
• D. Grossberg Democratic · primary
• K. King Republican · primary

1. Jan 15, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 15, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 to Transportation (H) · lower
4. Feb 3, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
5. Feb 4, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026 · lower
7. Feb 9, 2026 3rd reading, passed 78-15 · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Feb 10, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 16, 2026 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) · upper
11. Mar 19, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
12. Mar 20, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
13. Mar 20, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026 · lower
14. Mar 24, 2026 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
15. Mar 25, 2026 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
16. Mar 26, 2026 received in House · lower
17. Mar 26, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
18. Mar 27, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
19. Mar 31, 2026 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) · lower
20. Mar 31, 2026 passed 79-11 · lower
21. Mar 31, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
22. Mar 31, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
23. Mar 31, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
24. Apr 9, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62) · lower