HF 2736
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/24/2025 03:04 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; eliminating the mandatory fine for school bus stop-signal
arm violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.444, subdivision
2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Violations by drivers; penalties.
(a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle or
to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty of
a misdemeanor deleted text begin punishable by a fine of not less than $500deleted text end .
(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor vehicle
or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, and
commits either or both of the following acts:
(1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,
passenger-door side of the bus; or
(2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is
outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.