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
32–1
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 25, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican19
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
P
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
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