Requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by certain passengers of motor vehicles, and making penalties applicable

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2019
Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2019
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
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

445 (safety belts and safety harnesses) requires drivers and front seat occupants of motor vehicles who are years of age or older to wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt or safety harness any time the vehicle is in forward motion on a street or highway. This bill applies the requirement to all passengers of the vehicle who are years of age or older. However, the bill exempts from the requirement passengers of a motor vehicle, other than the driver or a front seat passenger, for whom no safety belt or safety harness is available because all safety belts or safety harnesses are being used by other passengers, or for which a safety belt or safety harness cannot be used due to the use of a child restraint system in the seating position for which a safety belt or safety harness is provided.

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445.446 (child restraint devices) requires children under years of age to be secured during transit by a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness. The bill amends a current exemption to apply to a passenger of a motor vehicle, other than the driver or a front seat passenger, for whom no safety belt or safety harness is available because all safety belts or safety harnesses are being used by other passengers of the motor vehicle who are under years of age, or for which a safety belt or safety harness cannot be used due to the use of a child restraint system in the seating position for which a safety belt or safety harness is provided.446.445 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50.446 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $100.555.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.445 §321.446

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