Public school buses; seat belts.
Summary
Public school buses; seat belts. Requiresthe Board of Education to make regulations to require each new publicschool bus purchased for the transportation of students to be equippedwith a seat belt consisting of a lap belt and shoulder strap or harnessin every seat. The bill requires each school board to ensure thatno later than July 1, 2038, each school bus that it uses for thetransportation of students is equipped with a seat belt in every seat.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 19, 2019
Last action Feb 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100627D
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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