Amends existing law to provide for increased fines regarding overtaking and passing a stopped school bus with activated signals.

The purpose of this legislation is to amend Idaho Code § 49-1422 to deter injuries/fatalities at school bus stops by increasing fines for offending drivers. While school buses remain the safest way for students to get to and from school, students who ride in buses are most vulnerable when they are outside the bus in the "danger zone." Drivers in Idaho have increased the frequency of passing school busses during the boarding and disembarking of children and the current deployment of flashing lights and the stop arm is not effective enough. Increasing the fines for this infraction will be a notable deterrent against unsafe driving behavior.