1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to transportation; imposing mandatory fines for violations of the school
1.3 bus stop arm law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.444, subdivision
1.4 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Violations by drivers; penalties.(a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle or
1.8to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty of
1.9a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of: (1) not less than $500; (2) not less than $700 for a
1.10violation occurring within ten years of a prior violation; or (3) not less than $950 for a
1.11violation occurring within ten years of two or more prior violations.
1.12 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor vehicle
1.13or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, and
1.14commits either or both of the following acts:
1.15 (1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,
1.16passenger-door side of the bus; or
1.17 (2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is
1.18outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.
1.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to violations
1.20occurring on or after that date.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KRB/AC 25-0210801/14/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1950
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Bakeberg03/06/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy