Safety Standards for Amusement Rides
Summary
Safety Standards for Amusement Rides; Citing this act as the “Tyre Sampson Act”; requiring permanent amusement rides operated for the first time in this state after a specified date to have a ride commissioning and certification report on file with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to remove an amusement ride from service and take appropriate administrative actions under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which the owner or manager of an amusement ride is required to report an accident and under which the department may impound an amusement ride involved in an accident, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed May 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 28, 2023 · House May 3, 2023
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Apr 28, 2023
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
13
Committee
10
May 12, 2023
Legislature · Passed
Chapter No. 2023-50, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 904 (Ch. 2023-51)
legislature
May 11, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
lower
May 1, 2023
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (505472, 726118, 872850)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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