Connecticut SB 508: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS.

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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the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 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   violations,   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   such   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, 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;  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  requirements  for  such  license  have  been 
satisfied by such person. 
 
 
 
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