New Hampshire HB 1209: relative to child safety at school bus stops.

Bill Text

HB 1209 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2662

 06/07

HOUSE BILL 1209

AN ACT relative to school bus stops.

SPONSORS: Rep. Jacobs, Ches. 15; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires school districts, school bus operators, and bus drivers to locate stops and conduct operations in a manner that prevents students from crossing traffic lanes when boarding or exiting school buses.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2662

 06/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to school bus stops.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Section; Prohibition on Crossing Traffic at School Bus Stops. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 57 the following new section: 

 265:57-a Prohibition on Crossing Traffic at School Bus Stops. Each school district and school bus operator shall ensure that school bus stops are located so that boarding and exiting students do not cross any lane of traffic. Bus drivers shall not permit children to cross a lane of traffic to or from the bus for any boarding or departing activity. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.