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

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2023
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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Everyone in a moving vehicle who is at least eight years old would be required to wear a safety belt or harness. This change removes an exception that allowed children to sit unrestrained in the back seat if all the seat belts were already being used. People who break these rules would face specific fines, but these violations would not count toward losing a driver's license.¹

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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.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. 446 that exempts children occupying the back seat of a motor vehicle from having to be secured during transit by a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness if no safety belt is available because all safety belts are being used by other occupants or cannot be used due to the use of a child restraint system in the seating position for which a belt is provided.446.445 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $70.446 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $135.555.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 24, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.445 §321.446

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Lobbying

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Tried before

SF 2012Cleared committee88th GA HF 461Cleared committee88th GA HF 2077Cleared committee88th GA HF 2003Cleared committee88th GA

90th General Assembly

SF 28Cleared committee

Picked up later

HF 2179Cleared committee91st GA

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

HF 2003 Requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by passengers of motor vehicles, and…
88th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
Cleared committee
HF 2077 Requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by passengers of motor vehicles, and…
88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee
HF 461 Requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by passengers of motor vehicles, and…
88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee
SF 2012 Requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by passengers of motor vehicles, and…
88th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
Cleared committee
SF 423 Requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by certain passengers of motor vehic…
88th General Assembly · In committee · very similar
Cleared committee

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