Georgia Senate Bill 148 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-21 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding equipment of motor vehicles, so as to revise provisions for safety belts required as equipment, safety restraints for children, and the usage of safety belts in passenger vehicles; to provide a response to Reid v. Odom, 199 Ga. App. 146; Boatwright v. Czerepinski, 194 Ga. App. 697; Katz v. White, 190 Ga. App. 458; Sapp v. Johnson, 184 Ga. App. 603, and any other case law that has provided for limiting the purposes for which seat belt nonusage evidence may be admitted; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Equipment of Motor Vehicles; safety belts required as equipment, safety restraints for children; provisions; revise

Sen. Randy Robertson [R]	Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]	Sen. John Wilkinson [R]
Sen. Bill Cowsert [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-21	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2019-02-20	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55234
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/182128