HB786 Summary

• Increases maximum fine for failing to stop for a school bus from $500 to $1,000 and makes violators ineligible to enter a written guilty plea (must appear in court in person)

• Changes driver's license suspension penalty from class seven to class six suspension for school bus violations under section 4510.02 of the Revised Code

• Requires the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to create a graphic instructing drivers to stop for school buses loading or unloading passengers, with deputy registrars required to display it prominently at their locations

• Appropriates $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 to the Department of Public Safety for school bus camera grants enabling school districts to purchase and install external cameras on buses to record license plates of vehicles that illegally pass stopped school buses