HB 444 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0745
11/06
HOUSE BILL 444
AN ACT relative to penalties for passing a school bus for the third or subsequent offense.
SPONSORS: Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Gay, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill imposes a minimum mandatory license or nonresident driving privilege suspension for persons who illegally overtake or pass a school bus for a third or subsequent time.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0745
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to penalties for passing a school bus for the third or subsequent offense.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Rules of the Road; Buses; Overtaking and Passing School Bus. Amend RSA 265:54, I-b to read as follows:
I-b. Except as provided in paragraph IV, a person who violates the provisions of paragraph I shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined $150 plus penalty assessment for a first offense, and shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 for a subsequent offense. In addition, the director may suspend the person's license to drive or nonresident driving privilege for a period of 30 days for a second [or subsequent] offense[.], and shall suspend the person's license to drive or nonresident driving privilege for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 120 days for a third or subsequent offense.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 26, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 7, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
March 7, 2019: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 9
March 7, 2019: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/07/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 14 P. 6
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 19-0; CC)
Feb. 26, 2019: Executive Session: 02/26/2019 02:00 pm LOB 203
Jan. 22, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/22/2019 11:30 am LOB 203
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 14