SB 28 KY

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Repeal and reenact KRS 189.292 to define "mobile electronic device"; prohibit the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; establish exceptions; amend KRS 189.294 to define "mobile electronic device"; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for violation of KRS 189.292 and 189.294; require that money from fines be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund, the Kentucky trauma care system fund, and the veterans' program trust fund; provide that a courtesy warning and not a uniform citation shall be issued by a peace officer until October 31, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Phone-Down Kentucky Act.

• J. Higdon Republican · primary
• G. Boswell Republican · primary
• D. Douglas Republican · primary
• R. Girdler Republican · primary

1. Jan 6, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Jan 6, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Jan 12, 2026 to Transportation (S) · upper
4. Jan 14, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
5. Jan 15, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Jan 16, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · upper
7. Jan 20, 2026 3rd reading, passed 31-7 · upper
8. Jan 21, 2026 received in House · lower
9. Jan 21, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
10. Mar 9, 2026 to Transportation (H) · lower