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More back-seat riders must wear seat belts

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By Amelia Reddington
Source: Gainesville Times
SUNDAY, MARCH 14 2010

Here is how the House voted on “SB 219 Safety belts; those 18 and under occupying a vehicle and passengers in taxi cabs required to wear.”


floor: 03/02/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (81-Y 17-N 1-A)
YEAS--Abbott, Albo, Anderson, Armstrong, BaCote, Barlow, Bell, Robert B., Brink, Bulova, Byron, Carr, Carrico, Cleaveland, Cline, Comstock, Cosgrove, Cox, J.A., Cox, M.K., Crockett-Stark, Dance, Ebbin, Englin, Garrett, Gear, Gilbert, Greason, Herring, Hope, Howell, A.T., Iaquinto, Ingram, James, Johnson, Jones, Keam, Knight, Kory, Landes, LeMunyon, Lewis, Lingamfelter, Lohr, Loupassi, Marshall, D.W., Marshall, R.G., Massie, May, McClellan, McQuinn, Merricks, Miller, J.H., Miller, P.J., Morgan, Morrissey, Nixon, Nutter, O'Bannon, Oder, Orrock, Peace, Phillips, Plum, Poindexter, Pollard, Purkey, Putney, Rust, Scott, E.T., Scott, J.M., Sherwood, Shuler, Sickles, Stolle, Tata, Torian, Toscano, Tyler, Villanueva, Watts, Wright, Mr. Speaker--81.
NAYS--Abbitt, Alexander, Athey, Bell, Richard P., Cole, Edmunds, Griffith, Hugo, Janis, Joannou, Kilgore, Morefield, Pogge, Spruill, Surovell, Ward, Ware, O.--17.
ABSTENTIONS--Ware, R.L.--1.



RICHMOND – The House has joined the Senate in passing a bill that will require a motor vehicle’s back-seat passengers who are under 18 to wear seat belts. Currently, Virginia’s seat-belt law applies to passengers only under 16.
The House voted 81-17 on Tuesday in favor of Senate Bill 219, sponsored by Sen. Janet D. Howell, D-Reston.
The Senate had previously approved the bill, 39-1, with Sen. Stephen Martin, R-Chesterfield, dissenting.
The House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee voted 19-1 last week to recommend that delegates adopt the bill.
Also last week, the same committee put a red light on a bill to make not wearing a seat belt a primary offense in Virginia.
The panel tabled Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Sen. Harry B. Blevins, R-Chesapeake. This measure, which previously cleared the Senate, 24-16, would have made failure to wear a seat belt a primary offense instead of a secondary.
As a result, police may cite drivers for a seat-belt violation only if they are committing another offense, such as speeding or running a red light.
A subcommittee of the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee voted 3-1 last week to table Blevins’ bill. Republican Delegates Clay Athey of Front Royal, William Cleaveland of Roanoke and Ben Cline of Amherst voted in favor of killing SB 9; Democratic Delegate James Shuler of Blacksburg voted against tabling it.
On an unrecorded voice vote in January, the subcommittee killed a similar proposal, House Bill 901, sponsored by Delegate William K. Barlow, D-Smithfield.



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