ColoradoChanges Violation Driver Overtaking School Bus
What it does
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.
More detail
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.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 24Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Apr 30Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 29Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Apr 29Signed by the President of the Senate
- Apr 11House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Apr 1Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 31Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - CommitteeMinor
- Mar 26Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Mar 20Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & EnergyMinor
- Mar 17House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 14House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Mar 12House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 11Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local GovernmentIntroduced