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Requiring certain new school buses to be equipped with safety belts or safety harnesses, requiring the use of the safety belts or safety harnesses, and making penalties applicable
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires new school buses ordered for purchase on or after July 1, 2019, that were manufactured on or after July 1, 2019, to be equipped with safety belts or safety harnesses for every seating position. The bill also requires the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by the driver, front seat passengers, and all passengers under years of age on such school buses. Current requirements for the use of child restraint systems for children under years of age also apply to school buses equipped with safety belts or safety harnesses under the bill.
Read the full explanation
445 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50.446 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $100.555.3.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.
House subcommittee
Named February 18, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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