SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 8
As Recommended by Senate Committee on
Transportation
Brief*
SB 8 would require the driver of a vehicle approaching a
stopped vehicle displaying hazard warning signal lamps, road
flares, or caution signals to proceed with caution and change
lanes away from the stopped vehicle if it is possible and safe
to do so. If it is not safe or possible to change lanes away
from the stopped vehicle, the bill would require the driver to
proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle
and maintain a safe speed for the road, weather, and traffic
conditions. These provisions would be added to the Uniform
Act Regulating Traffic on Highways.
The bill would add a fine of $75 for unlawful passing of a
stationary vehicle to the uniform fine schedule for traffic
infractions.
Background
The bill was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Transportation at the request of a representative of AAA
Kansas.
Senate Committee on Transportation
In the Senate Committee hearing, representatives of
AAA Kansas; Kansas Highway Patrol; Kansas Association of
Chiefs of Police, Kansas Peace Officers Association, and
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ Kansas Sheriffs Association; and Kansas Department of
Transportation provided proponent testimony. The
proponents stated the bill would require approaching
motorists to move over for all stopped vehicles, as required in
current law for stopped emergency, waste collection, and
utility or telecommunications vehicles, which would add to the
safety of motorists stopped on the side of the highway.
Written-only proponent testimony was provided by
representatives of the League of Kansas Municipalities and
Safe Kids Kansas.
No other testimony was provided.
The Senate Committee recommended the bill be placed
on the Consent Calendar.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note provided by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, the Office of Judicial Administration
indicates enactment of the bill could increase the number of
cases filed in district courts because it would create a new
traffic violation, but an accurate estimate on the fiscal effect of
the expenditures by the Judicial Branch cannot be given until
the courts operate under the bill’s proposed changes. The bill
could result in the collection of docket fees and fines, which
would be deposited into the State General Fund.
The Kansas Department of Transportation indicates
enactment of the bill could increase the number of fines
collected, which would increase revenues in both the Traffic
Records Enhancement Fund and the Seat Belt Safety Fund,
each of which receive a percentage of all district court fines,
penalties, and forfeitures. However, the agency is unable to
estimate a fiscal effect given it cannot estimate how many
citations would be issued.
2- 8 The Kansas Department of Revenue indicates the bill
would have no fiscal effect on the agency.
The League of Kansas Municipalities states the bill
would have no effect on Kansas cities.
The Kansas Association of Counties states the bill could
have a fiscal effect on Kansas counties depending on the
number of citations issued.
Any fiscal impact associated with enactment of the bill is
not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
Transportation; highway; move over; fines; vehicle; safety
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