AN ACT relating to motor vehicles in a highway work zone.
Summary
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 causing physical injury or death to a person while operating a vehicle in or near a highway work zone; amend KRS 189.010 to define "highway work zone"; amend KRS 186.560 to require revocation of an operator's license for certain highway work zones violations; amend KRS 189.2325 to conform.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Mar 27, 2024
Floor votes · House Feb 22, 2024
How they voted
93–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 98
Feb 22, 2024
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican78
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Mar 27, 2024
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (3) and (5) and Floor Amendment (4-title)
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Introduced
floor amendments (4-title) and (5) filed
lower
Mar 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Introduced
floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 14, 2024
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Committee
to Transportation (S)
upper
Feb 23, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 93-0
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
to Transportation (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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