Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB625: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
Amend KRS 65.8808 to expressly include failure to stop at a red traffic control signal and speeding as crimes subject to code enforcement; amend KRS 189.990 to provide that a person may be subject to a civil offense for failure to stop at a red traffic control signal or for speeding violations if not cited by a police officer at the time of the violation.
What the bill says
An act relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 65.8808 is amended to read as follows: (1) The legislative body of a local government may, by ordinance, create a code enforcement board which shall have the power to issue remedial orders and impose civil fines as a method of enforcing a local government ordinance when a violation of the ordinance has been classified as a civil offense in accordance with this section. Any local government may expand its code enforcement board to include additional cities or counties within its jurisdiction for performing the function for which the code enforcement board was organized. (2) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (3) of this section, the legislative body of a local government may utilize a code enforcement board to enforce any ordinance of the local government, including but not limited to littering, open dumping of solid waste, or any zoning or nuisance ordinance. Each ordinance to be enforced by a code enforcement board, by its express terms, shall provide that each violation of the ordinance shall constitute a civil offense. The ordinance shall provide either: (a) A specific civil fine or fines that may be imposed for each violation of the ordinance; or (b) …
Sponsors
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038) · primary sponsor
- Anne Donworth (D, HD-076)
Latest actions
- : to Transportation (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Traffic Safety, Transportation, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB625?
- HB625 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
- What does HB625 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
- What is the status of HB625?
- In committee as of February 19, 2026. Latest action: to Transportation (H) (February 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB625?
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB625?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb625.html
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