AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GENERALLY (Requires all new school buses purchased or leased be equipped with seat belts for each passenger and operator seat and further requires mandatory safety belt use by the school bus operator and each passenger.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2017
Last action Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 5, 2017
Legislature · Passed
04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 1, 2017
Committee
03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charlene Lima
DDemocratic
P
Gregg Amore
DDemocratic
P
KA
Kenneth A. Marshall
DDemocratic
P
Robert Craven
DDemocratic
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