HB131: Child-restraint devices in motor vehicles; penalties if convicted two or more times.

Chief Patron

Lynwood Lewis (D-100)
Accomac, VA
Served: 2004–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/27/2008: signed by governor

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12/20/2007 Committee
12/20/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084542596
12/20/2007 Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/18/2008 Assigned Transportation sub: 2
02/05/2008 Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/06/2008 Committee substitute printed 083548596-H1
02/08/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2008 Read first time
02/11/2008 Read second time
02/11/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 083548596-H1
02/11/2008 Amendment by Delegate Lewis agreed to
02/11/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB131EH1
02/11/2008 Printed as engrossed 083548596-EH1
02/12/2008 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N)
02/12/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (83-Y 16-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Communicated to Senate
02/13/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/13/2008 Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/21/2008 Rereferred from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2008 Rereferred to Courts of Justice
02/22/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/26/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB131EH1)
02/28/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2008 Committee substitute printed 081574596-S1
03/03/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2008 Read third time
03/04/2008 Reading of substitute waived
03/04/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 081574596-S1
03/04/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB131S1
03/04/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 Placed on Calendar
03/05/2008 Senate substitute agreed to by House 081574596-S1 (85-Y 12-N)
03/05/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (85-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2008 Enrolled
03/07/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB131ER)
03/07/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB131ER)
03/07/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/09/2008 Signed by President
03/27/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/08)

Summary

Child restraints. Requires the courts to transmit abstracts of findings of child-restraint violations. This information is then to become a part of the person's driving record.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 02/05/2008, 02/06/2008, 02/06/2008, 02/11/2008, 02/12/2008, 02/13/2008, 02/13/2008, 02/21/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/26/2008, 02/26/2008, 02/29/2008, 03/07/2008 and 03/07/2008.

Comments

Marsha Maines writes:

while i'm deeply concerned that 'any' court has the ability to transmit directly to the DMV, due to the enormous amount of errors that occur already, in theory, this bill has good intentions.

Posted 6 months ago. #

Dee W writes:

This bill should be passed. Some parents do not take child safety serious enough and it disturbs me to see a child jumping around in the seats. There need to be more serious consequences.

Posted 6 months ago. #