HB230
Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems, certain emergency medical services personnel exempted.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Delores McQuinn (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems; certain persons exempt.
Exempts from the requirements for the use of safety belt systems emergency medical services personnel while in the patient compartment of an emergency medical services vehicle providing necessary care, as defined in the bill, to a patient. The bill provides that, for seats that are subject to such requirements for ... (More) the use of safety belt systems, such personnel shall use safety belt systems while the vehicle is in motion and such personnel is not providing necessary care to a patient. The bill also changes the existing exemption from such requirements for law-enforcement agency personnel driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking to an exemption for law-enforcement officers driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking. This bill incorporates HB 233. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104267D
- 01/08/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 01/21/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/21/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230)
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105957D-H1
- 01/26/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/27/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 01/27/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/28/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (2/3/2026 4:47 pm)
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/26/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 02/26/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB230ER)
- 02/26/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
