(Columbia, SC) - South Carolina residents could soon face bigger fines for passing a stopped school bus.
The South Carolina House is advancing a bill to increase the fine from the current minimum of 500-dollars to one-thousand for a first offense and 25-hundred dollars for further offenses.
Under the proposed legislation, 10-million dollars will need to be spent to give all school buses longer stop arms.
The bill is now heading to the South Carolina Senate for consideration.