Provide for human trafficking awareness training for school bus drivers
Senate Bill 245 requires school bus drivers to complete a specialized training course focused on recognizing and identifying signs of human trafficking. The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is directed to make these transportation industry-specific training materials available to drivers at no cost. The OPI must source these materials from organizations that have developed free, publicly available resources specifically for school bus drivers. This bill aims to equip school bus drivers with the knowledge to report concerns to appropriate authorities, thereby contributing to child sex trafficking prevention efforts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 30, 2025
Signed May 8, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was amended to remove requirements for school bus drivers to complete specific human trafficking recognition training and to delete a provision directing the Office of Public Instruction to make recommendations to the Board of Public Education. The text was also updated to reflect that the bill only amends one specific statute (Section 20-7-1316) rather than two, and the title was revised to align with these reduced obligations.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by removing mandates for human trafficking training for school bus drivers and eliminating a directive for the Office of Public Instruction to make policy recommendations.
REQUIREMENT
Removed the requirement for school bus drivers to complete a transportation industry-specific human trafficking recognition training course.
Removed the directive for the Office of Public Instruction to make recommendations to the Board of Public Education regarding driver inservice training.
Changed the title and summary to reflect that the bill only amends Section 20-7-1316, removing references to the deleted Section 20-10-103.
TECHNICAL
Adjusted the text to remove references to 'candidates' and 'drivers' in the context of making training materials available, simplifying the language.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 1, 2025
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-3-1)
house
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Transportation
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Transportation
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)
senate
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Yakawich
RRepublican
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