Traffic Safety
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to automatic license plate readers. [HB-438]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers.
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AN ACT relating to public schools and declaring an emergency. [HB-421]
Amend KRS 160.160 to allow a local board of education to enter into an agreement for the construction of adjoining road improvements and require the Transportation Cabinet to reimburse the cost of those improvements; authorize a local board to expend funds to ensure adequate connection to those improvements; amend KRS 45A.352 to allow a local school district to request proposals for energy savings contracts based on the decommissioning and sale or transfer of inefficient buildings and the development of new, energy-efficient buildings; amend KRS
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. [HB-386]
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 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to automated license plate readers. [SB-129]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms and establish limitations on use; prohibit the selling of data obtained by Automated license plate readers (ALPR) systems.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [SB-108]
Amend KRS 189.394 to eliminate all fines for speeding violations five miles per hour or less over the limit and require that a courtesy warning be given instead; amend KRS 189.725 to provide that the owner or attendant of a privately owned parking lot shall wait 24 hours before having a vehicle towed if a person experiences an incident on the property authorizing the removal of the vehicle; amend KRS 189.990 to establish that for violations of subsections (1) or (2) of KRS 189.040, subsection (1) of KRS 189.050, KRS 189.055, KRS 189.060, or KRS
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [SB-96]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow a local government to issue permits for racing events; and set forth the requirements for permits and operation of a racing event.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the operation of a vehicle. [HB-149]
Amend KRS 189.340, regarding passing and overtaking of vehicles on the roadway, to prohibit traveling in the left-most lane of an interstate or limited access highway with multiple lanes of travel in each direction at a speed lower than the posted maximum speed limit; provide exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to set a fine of $25 for a violation; make fine prepayable; exempt violations from the payment of court costs or other fees imposed under KRS Chapter 24A.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-201]
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 uniform civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program;
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [HB-199]
Amend KRS 186.032, as effective January 1, 2024, to define "communication disorder"; allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to identify other communication disorders; establish that information may be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system database indicating that a regular passenger of the vehicle may be deaf or hard of hearing or have a communication disorder.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motorcycle. [SB-60]
Amend KRS 176.5062, regarding approved motorcycle safety education courses, to exempt applicants for a motorcycle operator's license who have passed such a course from written and skills testing required under KRS 186.480; amend KRS 186.480 to conform; amend KRS 186.450 to exempt who individuals who have passed an approved motorcycle safety education course from the requirement to obtain an motorcycle instruction permit prior to obtaining a motorcycle operator's license; amend KRS 186.416 to allow military personnel stationed outside the state to
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-9-302, relative to crash helmet requirements for riders and passengers of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and motor-driven cycles. [SB-1450]
As introduced, creates a four-year pilot program, during which drivers and passengers 21 years of age or older are exempt from the requirement to wear a crash helmet while operating or riding on motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, and motorized bicycles, if the person is covered by health or medical insurance other than insurance through TennCare; during the pilot program, makes a violation of the helmet law a secondary offense. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 55 and Title 65, relative to vehicles that haul logs or pulpwood. [SB-1357]
As enacted, requires a motor vehicle or trailer transporting a load of logs or pulpwood that protrudes at least four feet beyond the end of the body or bed of the vehicle or trailer to have certain items securely affixed to the end of the projecting load while the vehicle or trailer is loaded with the protruding logs or pulpwood. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55 and Title 65.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54 and Title 55, relative to operation of motorcycles on public highways. [HB-1454]
As introduced, authorizes two-wheeled motorcycles to be operated between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane on certain limited access highways and interstate highways when the speed of traffic is 25 miles per hour or less. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 47; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 66, relative to transportation. [SB-1337]
As enacted, revises law relative to garagekeeper's or towing firm's liens, unclaimed or abandoned vehicles and notification of owners and lienholders, and motor vehicle storage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 66.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits. [SB-1125]
As introduced, increases the maximum speed limit on controlled-access state and interstate highways with four or more lanes to 75 miles per hour, from 70 miles per hour. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to the use of off-highway vehicles on state highways and county roads. [SB-1006]
As enacted, authorizes three- or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or three- or four-wheel off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain roads in Fentress County. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to the use of off-highway vehicles on state highways and county roads. [HB-765]
As enacted, authorizes three- or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or three- or four-wheel off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain roads in Fentress County. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54 and Title 55, relative to highway safety. [SB-728]
As enacted, requires the department to identify locations of state and local government roads in this state where injuries to bicyclists and pedestrians are elevated in comparison to the statewide average. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54 and Title 55, relative to highway safety. [HB-685]
As enacted, requires the department to identify locations of state and local government roads in this state where injuries to bicyclists and pedestrians are elevated in comparison to the statewide average. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits. [HB-621]
As introduced, increases the maximum speed limit on controlled-access state and interstate highways with four or more lanes to 75 miles per hour, from 70 miles per hour. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.