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Committee advances bill to let school districts use stop‑arm cameras to deter illegal passing
Summary
Senate Bill 38, permitting school districts to use stop‑arm camera systems and establishing an appeals process, was reported favorably by the Senate Transportation Committee.
The Kentucky Senate Committee on Transportation reported favorably on Senate Bill 38, a permissive measure that would allow school districts to equip buses with stop‑arm camera systems to document and pursue penalties for motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses.
Senator Greg Elkins, sponsor of SB 38, told the committee that a one‑day survey of 1,491 Kentucky school buses in April 2024 recorded 489 illegal passings; he said that, extrapolated to the state’s roughly 8,800 buses, that would equate to about 2,886 illegal passings per day. Elkins said that in 2023 law…
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