HB 25-1230: Changes Violation Driver Overtaking School Bus

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

The act permits the state, a county, a city and county, a school district, or a municipality to, with approval from a school district's board of education, install and utilize automated vehicle identification systems (system) on the school district's school buses to detect a driver of a vehicle that overtakes a stopped school bus with actuated visual signal lights in violation of current law. A school district that installs and utilizes a system for this purpose must enter into a memorandum of understanding with one or more law enforcement agencies. If a system detects a violation, the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality may impose a civil penalty of up to $300. The act creates a rebuttable presumption that when an image produced by a system includes an electronic indicator signifying that a school bus's visual signal lights are actuated, the visual signal lights are presumed to be actuated and operational and the school bus is presumed to be stopped to receive or discharge school children. The act mandates that the fines collected through the use of the system must not be used as the basis for the compensation to the system manufacturer or vendor and that the compensation must not be based exclusively upon the number of citations issued or revenue generated by the system.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 23 · Republican 3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. May 24, 2025Governor Signed
2. April 30, 2025Sent to the Governor
3. April 29, 2025Signed by the Speaker of the House
4. April 29, 2025Signed by the President of the Senate
5. April 11, 2025House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
6. April 2, 2025House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
7. April 1, 2025Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
8. March 31, 2025Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
9. March 26, 2025Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
10. March 20, 2025Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
11. March 17, 2025House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
12. March 14, 2025House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

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