Kentucky House Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 040)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to double fines for violations of traffic offenses, require signage be erected and workers present in the work zone in order for double fines to be assessed, and direct double fines collected to a separate trust and agency account within the Transportation Cabinet known as the "Highway Work Zone Safety Fund"; appropriate moneys in the fund to be used exclusively by the Transportation Cabinet to pay for enhanced law enforcement of traffic laws within highway work zones; amend KRS 189.2329 to increase the fine for intentionally destroying, defacing, injuring, or removing a temporary traffic control device erected in a highway work zone from $50 to $100; amend KRS 189.394 to eliminate specific references to double fines for speeding, which are now included under Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 189.010 to define "highway work zone"; repeal KRS 189.232; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to fines for traffic violations in highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Derek Lewis [R]

2019-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 930 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 162 (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21	House	signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 040)
2019-03-12	House	delivered to Governor
2019-03-12	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2019-03-12	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2019-03-07	House	received in House
2019-03-07	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0
2019-03-07	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
2019-03-06	Senate	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
2019-03-05	Senate	returned to Transportation (S)
2019-03-05	Senate	1st reading
2019-03-05	Senate	taken from Transportation (S)
2019-03-04	Senate	to Transportation (S)
2019-02-28	Senate	received in Senate
2019-02-27	House	3rd reading, passed 99-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2)
2019-02-26	House	floor amendment (2) filed
2019-02-25	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2019
2019-02-25	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2019-02-22	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2019-02-22	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2019-02-13	House	posted in committee
2019-02-07	House	to Transportation (H)
2019-02-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb244.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb244/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb244/bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB244/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB244/HFA2.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb244/vote_history.pdf