Minnesota Senate Bill SF2613 Introduced / Bill

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; eliminating the mandatory fine for school bus stop-signal​
1.3 arm violations; 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 not less than $500.​
1.10 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor vehicle​
1.11or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, and​
1.12commits either or both of the following acts:​
1.13 (1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,​
1.14passenger-door side of the bus; or​
1.15 (2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is​
1.16outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.​
1​Section 1.​
25-04804 as introduced​03/10/25 REVISOR KRB/ES​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2613​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​03/17/2025​
Referred to Transportation​