Traffic Safety
Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to pedestrian safety. [HB-16]
As introduced, requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a student pedestrian protection grant program; under certain conditions, authorizes grants to be awarded to local governments for designing, constructing, and repairing sidewalk infrastructure around public schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to automated license plate readers. [SB-380]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; establish entities that are allowed to utilize automated license plate readers (ALPRs); establish parameters for use of an ALPR including safeguards for privacy protections; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish an annual review process of entities utilizing ALPRs.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to operating a motor vehicle. [HB-620]
Amend KRS 189.292 to define " operating a motor vehicle," "stand-alone electronic device," and "use"; prohibit the use of a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; exempt school bus operators who are instead subject to KRS 281A.205; set forth exceptions; amend KRS 189.294 to provide that persons under 18 years shall not use a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device in any manner while driving; amend KRS 189.990 to set forth penalties for the violation of KRS 189.292 and
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to funding health care services from increased penalties for speeding violations and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-177]
Amend KRS 189.010 to define "super speeder"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to assess a fee of $200 to any person convicted as a super speeder; assess a fee of $50 and require the suspension of driving privileges for not making a timely payment of fee imposed; require that money from fees be deposited into the Kentucky trauma care system fund, the emergency medical services education grant fund, and the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the fees;
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55, relative to street racing. [SB-2665]
As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to motor vehicle accidents. [SB-2671]
As introduced, reduces from 30 business days to 30 calendar days, the number of days the department of safety has, following a confirmed death being reported on a crash report, to provide, upon request, a copy of the crash report to the general assembly member in whose district the crash occurred. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to the regulation of traffic in school zones. [SB-2771]
As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to hire employees or appoint volunteers to direct traffic within a school zone if certain conditions are met; establishes a Class C misdemeanor for a motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a regulatory or warning sign for the dropping off or picking up of students. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to parking. [SB-2434]
As introduced, prohibits a person from parking a vehicle upon a road, street, or highway in a residential district in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite the parked vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to parking. [HB-2512]
As introduced, prohibits a person from parking a vehicle upon a road, street, or highway in a residential district in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite the parked vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to motor vehicle accidents. [HB-2379]
As introduced, reduces from 30 business days to 30 calendar days, the number of days the department of safety has, following a confirmed death being reported on a crash report, to provide, upon request, a copy of the crash report to the general assembly member in whose district the crash occurred. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic. [HB-384]
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to pedestrian safety. [HB-2175]
As introduced, requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a student pedestrian protection grant program; under certain conditions, authorizes grants to be awarded to local governments for designing, constructing, and repairing sidewalk infrastructure around public schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to pedestrian safety. [SB-1996]
As introduced, requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a student pedestrian protection grant program; under certain conditions, authorizes grants to be awarded to local governments for designing, constructing, and repairing sidewalk infrastructure around public schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55, relative to street racing. [HB-2062]
As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to motor vehicles. [SB-1913]
As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to motor vehicles. [HB-1944]
As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Transportation. [SB-2893]
Allows the Director of Transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review and the environmental impact statement law, subject to certain conditions.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Traffic Safety. [SB-2819]
Requires vehicles traveling ten miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles pass or overtake. (CD1)
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to traffic control signal monitoring systems and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-112]
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 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 does not appear to contest the citation shall have the vehicle's registration suspended; mandate that civil penalties
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Traffic. [HB-930]
Permits a bicyclist to proceed through an intersection from a right turn only lane if they cannot safely merge into the traffic lane. Permits a bicyclist to proceed in a right turn only lane when approaching an intersection, even if they do not intend to turn right; provided that they do not pass a stopped vehicle and that they exercise reasonable safety when passing a moving vehicle.