Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Driver Licensing, Motor Vehicles, Police, City And County, Police, State, Short Titles And Popular Names, Telecommunications, Traffic Safety, Transportation
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-06 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Repeal and reenact KRS 189.292 to define "mobile electronic device"; prohibit the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; establish exceptions; amend KRS 189.294 to define "mobile electronic device"; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for violation of KRS 189.292 and 189.294; require that money from fines be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund, the Kentucky trauma care system fund, and the veterans' program trust fund; provide that a courtesy warning and not a uniform citation shall be issued by a peace officer until October 31, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Phone-Down Kentucky Act.
Sponsors
- J. Higdon (primary), primary
- G. Boswell (primary), primary
- D. Douglas (primary), primary
- R. Girdler (primary), primary