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SB00508 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the consequences for a first-time violation or exact effective dates.

License Suspension for Repeatedly Failing to Stop for School Buses

This act requires the suspension of a driver's license if someone repeatedly fails to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds rules that say drivers who don't stop for school buses will lose their driving licenses.
  • Sets different times when people can get their licenses back, depending on how many times they didn't stop for the bus.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Drivers who don't stop for school buses with flashing red lights

Terms To Know

License suspension
When a person is not allowed to drive because they broke traffic laws.
School bus
A big yellow vehicle that takes children to and from school.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact dates when the rules start are not clear.
  • It does not specify what happens for a first-time violation of failing to stop for a school bus.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  2. 2026-05-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  3. 2026-05-19 LCO

    Public Act 26-95

  4. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  5. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  6. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  7. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 544

  8. 2026-04-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  9. 2026-04-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House

  10. 2026-04-14 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  11. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  12. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 398

  13. 2026-04-14 LCO

    File Number 620

  14. 2026-04-08 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 5:00 PM

  15. 2026-03-30 JUD

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  16. 2026-03-30 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. 2026-03-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/18

  18. 2026-03-12 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

To suspend the operator's license of a person who has repeatedly violated state law requiring a motor vehicle to stop for a school bus that is displaying flashing red signal lights.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Substitute Senate Bill No. 508

Public Act No. 26-95

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S
LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL
BUS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14 -111 of the 2026 supplement to
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection,
whenever the holder of any motor vehicle operator's license has been
convicted or has forfeited any bond taken or has received a suspended
judgment or sentence for any of the following violat ions, the
commissioner shall, without hearing, suspend such person's operator's
license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state as follows:
For a first violation of subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (b)
of section 14 -224 or section 14 -110, 14-215 or 53a -119b, for a period of
not less than one year and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a
period of not less than two years; for a third and any subsequent
violation of subsection (a) of section 14 -279, for a period of six months;
for a violation of section 14-222, for a period of not less than thirty days
or more than ninety days and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a
period of not less than ninety days; for a violation of subdivision (2) or
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(3) of subsection (b) of section 14-224, for a period of not less than ninety
days and for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than
one year; for a first or second violation of subsection (c) of section 14 -
224, for a period of forty -five days and for a subsequent violation
thereof, for a period of two years; for a first violation of subsection (b),
(d) or (e) of section 14-147, for a period of not less than ninety days and,
for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than five years;
for a first violation of subsection (c) of section 14-147, for a period of not
less than thirty days and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period
of not less than one year.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14 -111b and except as
provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, whenever the holder of
any motor vehicle operator's license or youth instruction permit who is
less than eighteen years of age or whenever a person who does not hold
an operator's license who is less than eighteen years of age has been
convicted or has forfeited any bond taken or has received a suspended
judgment or sentence for any of the following violations, the
commissioner shall suspend s uch person's operator's license or
privilege to obtain an operator's license as follows: For a first violation
of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 14 -219 or subdivision (4)
of subsection (b) of section 14 -219, for a period of sixty days and, fo r a
second violation thereof, for a period of ninety days and, for a third or
subsequent violation thereof, for a period of six months; for a first
violation of section 14 -222, for a period of six months and, for a
subsequent violation thereof, for a period of one year; for a violation of
subsection (c) of section 14 -224, for a period of six months and, for a
subsequent violation thereof, for a period of one year; for a first violation
of section 14-296aa, for a period of thirty days and, for a second violation
thereof, for a period of ninety days and, for a third or subsequent
violation thereof, for a period of six months.
(3) The commissioner shall suspend the motor vehicle operator's
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license of any youth adjudged a youthful offender for a violation of
section 14-215 or 14-222, subsection (b) of section 14 -223 or subdivision
(2) or (3) of subsection (b) or subsection (c) of section 14 -224 for six
months for a first offense and one year for a second or subsequent
offense.
(4) Whenever any person who has not been issued a motor vehicle
operator's license under section 14 -36 is convicted of a second or
subsequent violation of subsection (a) of section 14 -36: (A) The
commissioner shall suspend such person's privilege to operate a motor
vehicle, (B) such suspension shall remain in effect for a period of ninety
days, and (C) the commissioner shall not issue an operator's license to
such person under section 14 -36 until such period of suspension has
expired and all applicable requ irements for such license have been
satisfied by such person.