House Sponsors: BERGMAN-SAVIANO-WOJCIK-MCAULIFFE-PARKE, COULSON, KOSEL, MOORE,ANDREA, O'BRIEN, LANG, LYONS,JOSEPH, BUGIELSKI, KRAUSE, MULLIGAN AND LYONS,EILEEN. Senate Sponsors: BUTLER-FITZGERALD Short description: ENDANGER SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Endangering School Bus Transportation Act. Provides that the offense of endangering school bus transportation is committed when a person tampers with a facility of school bus transportation with intent to cause damage that would result in the creation of a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury, stops or boards a school bus with the intent of committing a crime, knowingly threatens a driver or passenger with death or imminent serious bodily injury or with a deadly weapon or words or actions intended to induce belief that the person is armed, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury, or with criminal negligence causes bodily injury by means of a deadly weapon. Provides that the offense is a Class C misdemeanor. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the offense of endangering school bus transportation is committed if a person tampers with a school bus or school bus facility with intent to cause damage that would result in the creation of a substantial risk of bodily injury (instead of serious bodily injury) to anyone or on a school bus knowingly threatens any driver or passenger with imminent bodily injury (instead of serious bodily injury). Removes provisions providing that the offense is committed if a person stops or boards a school bus with the intent of committing a crime on the school bus or on a school bus knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person or with criminal negligence causes bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon. Makes the offense a Class A (instead of Class C) misdemeanor. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that a person commits the offense of endangering school bus transportation for tampering with a school bus or school bus facility with intent to cause damage, malfunction, or nonfunction (instead of for tampering with a school bus or school bus facility with intent to cause damage, malfunction, or nonfunction that would result in the creation of a substantial risk of death or bodily injury to anyone). Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status