KY HB253 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 28 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-02 - to Transportation (S)
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction to investigate all traffic accidents involving a fatality that occur on state-maintained highways; specify that if a local law enforcement agency does not have an accident reconstruction unit or similar expertise, the Kentucky State Police shall perform the investigation; amend KRS 16.065 to conform; cite as the John Carter Knight Act of 2020.

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Title

AN ACT relating to the investigation of traffic accidents.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-02-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 151 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-03-02Senateto Transportation (S)
2020-02-28Senatereceived in Senate
2020-02-27Housepassed 91-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2)
2020-02-27Housefloor amendment (1) withdrawn
2020-02-27House3rd reading
2020-02-24Housefloor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2020-02-21Housefloor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2020-02-20Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2020
2020-02-20House2nd reading, to Rules
2020-02-19Housereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-01-27Houseposted in committee
2020-01-16Houseto Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
2020-01-14Houseintroduced in House

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Bill Comments

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