ON MARCH 18, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2188, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, prohibit a governmental entity or local board of education from extending the immunity granted by state law relative to governmental tort liability to independent school bus owners and operators or other persons or entities by contract, agreement, or other means in performing or providing school-related transportation services to a local board of education. This amendment also requires the contract or agreement between a local board of education and independent school bus owners and operators to compel sufficient limits for tort liability exposures related to performing or providing school-related transportation services to the local board of education by the owners and operators as evidenced by a certificate of insurance from the owners and operators that has the local board of education listed as an additional insured.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 49-6-2114(c), 49-6-2114
Amended with SA0683 -- 03/18/2024: 49-6-2114(c), 49-6-2114, 29-20-107