Bill > HB540

This bill, known as the "Amiya Braxton Amendment," revises penalties for drivers who injure or kill a child while the child is boarding or exiting a school bus. It amends existing Mississippi law to clarify that such an incident will be prosecuted under aggravated assault laws, specifically Section 97-3-7, which deals with causing serious bodily injury. The bill increases the minimum prison sentence for this offense from one year to five years and the maximum sentence to twenty years, and it also adds the possibility of sentencing to the custody of the Department of Corrections. Additionally, the bill clarifies that drivers must come to a complete stop at least ten feet from a school bus with flashing red lights or an extended stop sign, and they cannot proceed until children have safely crossed the street and the bus has resumed motion or its signals are deactivated.

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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0540.xml