SB 1677 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Child restraint devices and safety belts; exempts emergency and law-enforcement vehicles.

Summary
Exempts the operators of emergency medical services agency vehicles, fire company vehicles, fire department vehicles, and law-enforcement agency vehicles during the performance of their official duties and under exigent circumstances from the requirement that certain minors be secured in a child restraint device or with a safety belt, provided that no child restraint device is readily available.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2019 Last action Feb 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2019

How they voted

321
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 25, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1 Nay
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1677H1
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106468D-H1
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1677E
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-1)
senate
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 11, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19103849D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of David Suetterlein
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
VA
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