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Vehicle Laws - School Bus Safety - Occupant Capacity

Sponsor: Delegate CainCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the RoadStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that a school bus be routed with the intent that the number of pupils on the bus does not exceed the manufacturer's rated seating capacity for the bus; and providing that if an emergency or temporary situation causes the number of pupils on the bus to exceed the seating capacity, the situation shall be corrected within a reasonable period of time.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGraham Booth, LauraAnnapolis Education CommissionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBache Tobin, JoannaAnnapolis High Parent Teacher Student AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVVan Buskirk, LisaStart School LaterWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Cain, Delegate CainlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMABEWritten (PDF)
UNFSusskind, DanielleMCPSWritten (PDF)
FWAOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistAACPSWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFWoolums, JohnMABERegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FWAOrtiz, JeanetteAACPSRegistered for: Johns Hopkins