HCR-43: Requesting The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Law Enforcement To Study The Possibility Of A Highway Patrol And Speed Cameras Along Major Freeways And Highways In Primary Areas Of Speeding.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Resolution Scheduled To Be Heard By Trn On Tuesday, 03-25-25 9:10am In Conference Room 430 Via Videoconference. on 03/21/2025
You have voted HCR-43: Requesting The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Law Enforcement To Study The Possibility Of A Highway Patrol And Speed Cameras Along Major Freeways And Highways In Primary Areas Of Speeding..
SCR-23: Requesting The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Law Enforcement To Study The Possibility Of A Highway Patrol And Speed Cameras Along Major Freeways And Highways In Primary Areas Of Speeding.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Reported From Tca/psm (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1364) With Recommendation Of Adoption. on 03/25/2025
You have voted SCR-23: Requesting The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Law Enforcement To Study The Possibility Of A Highway Patrol And Speed Cameras Along Major Freeways And Highways In Primary Areas Of Speeding..
AN ACT relating to highway work zones. [HB-664]
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 with lights that are flashing when an automated
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HB-664: AN ACT relating to highway work zones.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
AN ACT relating to highway work zones. [SB-227]
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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SB-227: AN ACT relating to highway work zones.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles. [SB-241]
Amend KRS 186.763 to extend the requirement for a human driver on a fully autonomous commercial vehicle in excess of 62,000 pounds from July 31, 2026 to July 31, 2031; prohibit school districts from using fully autonomous vehicles as school buses or to transport students; amend KRS 186.779 to allow units of local government to impose conditions on autonomous vehicle operation within their jurisdictions; amend KRS 186.766 and 281.655 to increase all insurance minimum requirement amounts from $1 million to $5 million for both personal and commercial
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SB-241: AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
Introduced In Senate on 02/18/2025
AN ACT relating to automated license plate readers. [SB-185]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; establish that automated license plate readers (ALPRs) shall only be used as set forth in this section; ALPRs may be deployed and maintained for the purposes of protecting public safety, conducting criminal investigations, ensuring compliance with law, regulating parking, controlling acess to secured areas, deterring crime and theft, and the Transportation Cabinet's toll collection activities; establish a 90-day data storage limit unless being used for criminal prosecutions or toll collection;
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SB-185: AN ACT relating to automated license plate readers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Judiciary (s) on 02/19/2025
AN ACT relating to operating a motor vehicle. [HB-496]
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 of age 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; create a new section of KRS
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HB-496: AN ACT relating to operating a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Pollock
To Transportation (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [HB-535]
Amend KRS 186.032 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.
HB-535: AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Transportation (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to highway pavement markings. [HB-431]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet conduct a quality assurance test six months after each highway pavement marking or other highway paint application; require the Transportation Cabinet repair or reapply the highway pavement markings within 30 days of a failed quality assurance test.
HB-431: AN ACT relating to highway pavement markings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candy Massaroni
To Transportation (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to railroad crossings. [HB-407]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require that every railroad company destroy or remove obstructive vegetation at intersections with public roads or highways; direct the Transportation Cabinet or local government to remove obstructive vegetation if the railroad company fails to do so and establish procedures for reimbursement by the railroad company for the vegetation removal.
HB-407: AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
To Transportation (h) on 02/12/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-199, relative to use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle. [SB-1408]
As introduced, removes the prohibition on a person physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle on a road or highway other than in a marked school zone or work zone; retains restrictions on activities such as texting on, reaching for, or watching or recording a video on such device while operating a motor vehicle on a road or highway. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-199.
SB-1408: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-199, relative to use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Hensley
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Transportation And Safety Committee on 03/19/2025
You have voted SB-1408: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-199, relative to use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle..
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 9, relative to vehicle equipment. [HB-1272]
As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor for failure to properly adjust headlights by a person or entity that installs tires on a passenger motor vehicle or truck that are larger in total diameter than the original equipment manufacturer's tires installed; creates a Class B misdemeanor for installing such tires so as to cause the bumper or frame to exceed the maximum heights established in present law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9.
HB-1272: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 9, relative to vehicle equipment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cochran
P2c, Ref. To Transportation Committee on 02/12/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to farm equipment. [HB-1284]
As introduced, requires the driver of a vehicle approaching a slow-moving or stationary farm tractor or implement of husbandry that displays an indicator that it is a slow-moving vehicle to reduce speed and move over, if possible to do so safely. - Amends TCA Title 55.
HB-1284: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to farm equipment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hill
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Transportation Subcommittee Of Transportation Committee on 03/18/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to transportation. [SB-1148]
As introduced, extends the deadline by which the advisory task force responsible for reviewing impaired driving and boating in this state is required to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any suggested legislation, to the general assembly and the governor from December 1, 2025, to February 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 55.
SB-1148: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rusty Crowe
Recommended For Passage With Amendment/s, Refer To Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 Pnv 1 on 03/19/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to farm equipment. [SB-1144]
As introduced, requires the driver of a vehicle approaching a slow-moving or stationary farm tractor or implement of husbandry that displays an indicator that it is a slow-moving vehicle to reduce speed and move over, if possible to do so safely. - Amends TCA Title 55.
SB-1144: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to farm equipment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rusty Crowe
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Transportation And Safety Committee on 03/19/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits. [HB-1055]
As introduced, raises, from 70 mph to 75 mph, the maximum statutory speed limit on a highway of the interstate and defense highway system or a four-lane controlled-access highway which are federal or state highways; raises, from 55 mph to 60 mph, the minimum statutory speed limit in the left lane of such highways; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
HB-1055: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel McKenzie
Intro., P1c. on 02/06/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits. [SB-954]
As introduced, authorizes counties to delegate authority to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department to set lower speed limits on county roads if the department employs an engineer who is capable of completing required engineering and traffic investigations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
SB-954: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Powers
Subst. For Comp. Hb. on 03/24/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits. [HB-975]
As introduced, authorizes counties to delegate authority to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department to set lower speed limits on county roads if the department employs an engineer who is capable of completing required engineering and traffic investigations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
HB-975: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronnie Glynn
Comp. Sb Subst. on 03/24/2025
AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles. [HB-252]
Amend KRS 186.763 to prohibit school districts from operating fully autonomous vehicles for transporting students; prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles if that vehicle requires an operator with a commercial driver's license; amend KRS 281.764 to conform.
HB-252: AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025