Bill > HB2742

This bill increases penalties for failing to stop for a school bus and allows school districts to use cameras to enforce these violations. Specifically, it adds points to a driver's record for failing to stop for a school bus, with more points assessed for causing injury or death to a child. It also establishes mandatory fines and license suspensions for repeat offenders of this violation. Furthermore, school districts can opt to install "school bus safety cameras" on buses to detect violations of laws requiring drivers to stop for school buses that are picking up or dropping off students; any footage not used for enforcement must be deleted within 180 days. The bill also introduces new penalties for endangering pedestrians in "hospital zones," which are designated areas around hospitals marked by signs, with fines doubled for moving violations within these zones and more severe penalties, including license revocation, for causing injury or death to a pedestrian in such zones.