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Utah House clarifies school-bus stopping rules, requires warnings for violators
Summary
Lawmakers adopted amendments to House Bill 456 to reinstate language about buses 'displaying alternating flashing' lights, set a 50-foot stopping distance, and require school districts to forward violations to law enforcement so drivers will receive warnings; the bill passed 70–0.
The Utah House on third reading approved House Bill 456 on school-bus stopping rules after floor debate and a late amendment to clarify when drivers must stop.
Representative Wilson, the bill sponsor, said the bill "clarifies the distance that drivers of cars and trucks need to stop ... around school buses" and directs that when a bus driver documents a violation the school district transportation office will "forward the information to law…
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