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Bill	AN ACT relating to school bus safety.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; allow the use of camera monitoring systems on school buses operated by a school district and allow the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monitoring system; establish the amount of the civil penalty; require that the revenue generated from a civil penalty be retained by the school district; allow a law enforcement agency to charge a fee of $25 from every civil penalty enforced by the law enforcement agency; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; establish defenses to a violation; establish procedures for a contest to a violation; allow for suspension of motor vehicle registration for failure to timely pay a penalty; require a school district or law enforcement agency to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a motor vehicle registration suspension within 1 business day of payment; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school or church bus to stop for the bus on a highway that is not divided by an elevated barrier or unpaved median;amend KRS 189.990 to increase the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school or church bus that is receiving or discharging passengers.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 7	Kentucky HB 7 (2026RS)	bill	Courts District Crimes And Punishments Education Elementary And Secondary Highways Streets And Bridges Motor Vehicles Police City And County Police State Traffic Safety Transportation	enacted	C. Aull D. Grossberg D. Hale G. Brown Jr. K. King	3	24	3	2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9c1c89c0-7173-4ca4-9880-6d4c63ab9d0f	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb7.html	3a67f13bf8ccf900af1177e35527478828dc86fad5c0ae4976d1bbacfb0f3a16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 7 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to school bus safety.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; allow the use of camera monitoring systems on school buses operated by a school district and allow the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monitoring system; establish the amount of the civil penalty; require that the revenue generated from a civil penalty be retained by the school district; allow a law enforcement agency to charge a fee of $25 from every civil penalty enforced by the law enforcement agency; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; establish defenses to a violation; establish procedures for a contest to a violation; allow for suspension of motor vehicle registration for failure to timely pay a penalty; require a school district or law enforcement agency to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a motor vehicle registration suspension within 1 business day of payment; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school or church bus to stop for the bus on a highway that is not divided by an elevated barrier or unpaved median;amend KRS 189.990 to increase the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school or church bus that is receiving or discharging passengers.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 62 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 7 w/ SCS 1 — 37–1 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 79–11 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 78–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Aull — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Transportation (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 78-15 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 79-11 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c1c89c0-7173-4ca4-9880-6d4c63ab9d0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).