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H3814 • 2025

An Act increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

An Act increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

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Sponsor
Susannah M. Whipps
Last action
2025-10-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

An Act increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3814) of Susannah M.
  • Whipps relative to increasing the penalties for passing stopped school buses.
  • Transportation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-27 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-10-27 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-10-27 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-09-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-07-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus
By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3814) of Susannah M. Whipps relative to increasing the penalties for passing stopped school buses. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3814

Section 14 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “$250”, in line 30, the following words:- and a 7 day suspension of the person’s license or right to operate a motor vehicle.

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