HB 2475 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems.

Summary

Use of safety belt systems. Requires all adult passengers in a motor vehicle equipped with a safety belt system to wear such safety belt system when the motor vehicle is in motion on a public highway. Current law requires adult passengers to wear such safety belts when occupying the front seat.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill converts HB 2475 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, officially adding it to the Virginia Code as Chapter 414 of the 2025 Acts of Assembly. The substantive content of the safety belt law remains unchanged, with only formatting adjustments to align with official legislative publication standards.

TECHNICAL

Converted bill format from enrolled status to chaptered act status, adding official chapter number (Chapter 414) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to the legislative document.

Adjusted text formatting and spacing to match official Virginia Acts of Assembly publication standards, including proper indentation and line breaks.

Removed bracketed bill number notation [H 2475] from the original enrolled version.

Added official approval date (March 24, 2025) to document the bill's enactment timeline.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Feb 17, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2475ER)

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Transportation (11-Y 3-N 1-A)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Transportation

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Transportation (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Transportation

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors