Traffic Safety
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Traffic. [SB-656]
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.
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Gettr Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Transportation. [HB-1347]
Allows the Director of Transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review, the environmental impact statement law, and the Hawaii public procurement code under certain conditions.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Transportation. [SB-1535]
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. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Lee Received Notice Of All Senate Conferees Being Discharged (sen. Com. No. 340). on 03/20/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to low-speed vehicles and declaring an emergency. [HB-249]
Amend KRS 189.282, regarding low-speed vehicles, to expressly exempt low-speed vehicles which meet the standards of 49 C.F.R. sec. 571.500 from any other federal motor vehicle safety standards or any of the equipment provisions of KRS Chapter 189 that are not applicable; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles. [HB-7]
Creates various sections of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a regulatory framework for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on public highways, to define terms, to establish requirements for autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems, to provide that from the effective date of the Act until July 31, 2026, any fully autonomous vehicle for which the declared gross weight is more than 62,000 pounds shall be required to have an appropriately credentialed human driver in the vehicle to monitor the automated driving system and intervene if necessary,
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-192]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles in a highway work zone. [HB-193]
Amend KRS 189.290 to prohibit a person from operating a vehicle in or near a highway work zone in a manner that endangers persons or property; provide that violators shall be subject to revocation of their operator's license; amend KRS 189.960 to require operators of motor vehicles yield to workers in or near a highway work zone; remove condition that workers must be present or that work is being performed for a violation to occur; amend KRS 189.2327 to increase fines for highway work zone traffic offenses; amend KRS 189.990 to establish fines for
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels. [HB-156]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require all vehicles operating on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the highway; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic. [SB-75]
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to study the cost and benefits of increasing the maximum interstate highway speed limit. [HJR-28]
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to conduct a study on the cost and benefits of increasing the maximum interstate highway speed limit.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to privacy protection. [HB-45]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to define terms and establish limitations on the use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unauthorized
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-44]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school bus equipment. [SB-18]
Amends KRS 156.153 to require that the standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment shall be based on federal safety standards and shall not discriminate among manufacturers unless there is evidence that a specific manufacturer’s product is defective or dangerous to use, to require that the Kentucky Department of Education provide the list of standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the purpose of maintaining
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [SB-46]
Amends KRS 189.110 to permit the application to a windshield of sunscreening material with a light transmittance of not less than 70 percent.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION declaring August 2024 as Railroad Crossings Safety Awareness Month in Kentucky. [SR-39]
Recognize August 2024 as Railroad Crossings Safety Awareness Month in Kentucky.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [SB-33]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require proof of a vehicle registration receipt, proof an operator's license, and proof of motor vehicle insurance be provided to a peace officer at the time of a traffic stop; amend KRS 186.400 to require a notation in the operator's license database when a license is issued, renewed, suspended, or revoked; amend KRS 186A.010 to require a notation in AVIS when a motor vehicle's registration is issued, renewed, or revoked; amend KRS 186.170 to allow for proof of a registration receipt in an electronic format;
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [HB-29]
Amends KRS 189.503 to allow local governments to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for permission to include segments of state-maintained highways in racing events permitted by a local government; and amends KRS 189.505 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. [HB-19]
Amend KRS 189.930, to expand the requirement to move over or slow down when approaching an emergency or public safety vehicle to include any disabled vehicle displaying a warning signal.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driver's licensing. [HB-79]
Amend KRS 186.480 to require an applicant for an operator's license speak English and demonstrate the ability to read road signs in English.
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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. [HB-1623]
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.