Minnesota Legislature
HF 1950
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 05/05/2025 07:06pm
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; imposing mandatory fines for violations of the school
bus stop arm law; 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 punishable by a fine ofnew text begin : (1)new text end not less than $500new text begin ; (2) not less than $700 for a
violation occurring within ten years of a prior violation; or (3) not less than $950 for a
violation occurring within ten years of two or more prior violationsnew 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.
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This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to violations
occurring on or after that date.
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