HB 183 (BR 1038) - C. Rollins II
AN ACT relating to auto racing.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to require the presence of an ambulance and at least two emergency medical technicians during an automobile race at a race track in Kentucky; define "ambulance," "ambulance provider," "automobile race track," and "emergency medical technician"; require an automobile race track to contract, on a paid or voluntary basis, to have ambulance present; require the ambulance and EMTs be located in a safe location that is accessible to all areas of the track; mandate that a driver be checked by the EMTs if involved in an on-track accident that renders considerable damage to the car; prohibit a driver from continuing the race if medical attention is refused and a waiver is not signed; impose a fine up to $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for violating this section; name the statute the "Billy Carroll Wooldridge Act."
Feb 5-introduced in House
Feb 6-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Mar 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 5-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 6, 2013