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ColoradoHB25-12302025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Changes Violation Driver Overtaking School Bus

Sponsored By: Amy Paschal (Democratic), Faith Winter, Jarvis Caldwell (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Drivers get clearer school bus stopping rules

Drivers do not have to stop for a school bus on a different, physically separated roadway. A raised or depressed median, physical barrier, or other space that physically divides the roadways qualifies. A painted median alone does not qualify for this stopping exemption.

School bus camera contracts cannot require quotas

State and local agencies cannot base school bus camera vendor payments on any share of fines collected. Payments must reflect the value of equipment or services, not citations or revenue alone. Contracts cannot require violation, notice, or revenue quotas as a condition of continued camera use.

Drivers face school bus cameras and fines

Colorado state and local agencies can install enforcement cameras on school district buses with school-board approval. Drivers who illegally pass a stopped bus with its warning lights on face civil penalties up to $300, including fees. Notices must go to the vehicle’s registered owner, and photos must show both the vehicle and license plate. An electronic light indicator counts as evidence that the lights were on and the bus was stopped for children. That evidence can be challenged. Covered school buses must display “SCHOOL BUS” on the front and rear and have the required warning lights. The law also allows camera enforcement of other traffic rules, including speed limits and bus or bicycle lane restrictions. These changes apply only to violations on or after the law’s effective date; the supplied text gives no calendar date.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Amy Paschal

    Democratic • House

  • Faith Winter

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Jarvis Caldwell

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Andrew Boesenecker

    Democratic • House

  • Chad Clifford

    Democratic • House

  • Eliza Hamrick

    Democratic • House

  • Gretchen Rydin

    Democratic • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jamie Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Jacque Phillips

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Lesley Smith

    Democratic • House

  • Monica Duran

    Democratic • House

  • Meg Froelich

    Democratic • House

  • Mandy Lindsay

    Democratic • House

  • Regina English

    Democratic • House

  • Rebecca Keltie

    Republican • House

  • Sheila Lieder

    Democratic • House

  • Tammy Story

    Democratic • House

  • Cathy Kipp

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dafna Michaelson Jenet

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dylan Roberts

    Democratic • Senate

  • Iman Jodeh

    Democratic • Senate

  • John Carson

    Republican • Senate

  • Kyle Mullica

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katie Wallace

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lisa Cutter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tony Exum

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 223 • No: 19

House vote • 4/11/2025

Senate amendments: Repass

Yes: 54 • No: 8

House vote • 4/11/2025

Senate amendments: Concur

Yes: 57 • No: 5

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 34 • No: 1

Senate vote • 3/26/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1230, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.

Yes: 9 • No: 0

House vote • 3/17/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 58 • No: 5

House vote • 3/12/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1230, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    5/24/2025House

  2. Sent to the Governor

    4/30/2025House

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    4/29/2025House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

    4/29/2025Senate

  5. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

    4/11/2025House

  6. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily

    4/2/2025House

  7. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/1/2025Senate

  8. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

    3/31/2025Senate

  9. Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

    3/26/2025Senate

  10. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy

    3/20/2025Senate

  11. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    3/17/2025House

  12. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

    3/14/2025House

  13. House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

    3/12/2025House

  14. Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government

    2/11/2025House

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