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HB344 • 2025

Motor vehicles; school bus cameras; revise penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images

Motor vehicles; school bus cameras; revise penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Parsons, Don
Last action
2025-02-26
Official status
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's final outcome is uncertain because it was sent back to committee rather than passed by both chambers in this version.

HB344: Revising School Bus Camera Violation Penalties

This bill proposes to change the fine amount for drivers caught by school bus cameras breaking traffic rules near a stopped bus.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends Georgia law regarding driving past or overtaking a stopped school bus.
  • Revises the civil monetary penalty for violations captured by recorded images from school bus cameras.

Terms To Know

Civil monetary penalty
A fine or fee required to be paid, as mentioned in the bill's title regarding violations captured by recorded images.
Recorded images
Visual evidence taken by cameras on school buses used to identify traffic violations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was withdrawn from the Motor Vehicles committee and recommitted to the Judiciary Non-Civil committee, so it has not passed in its current form.
  • The official text provided does not state the specific new dollar amount for the fine.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-26 Georgia General Assembly

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

Official Summary Text

Motor vehicles; school bus cameras; revise penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images