BILL · 1993–94 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESB 6199

SB 6199: Bicycle safety

Enhancing bicycle safety.

Summary

Effective January 1995, it is a traffic infraction to ride a bicycle without an approved bicycle helmet. It is also a traffic infraction to transport a person in a restraining seat or a trailer towed by a bicycle unless the person transported is wearing an approved helmet.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6199), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 17, 1994
Out of committee
Passed SenateFeb 9, 1994
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Rosa Franklin (D-29)
Introduced: January 17, 1994 in the Senate
Last action: March 11, 1994
Companion bill: HB 2502
Budget: Has a fiscal note

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

February 9, 1994

Version voted on: ESB 6199

26 Yea 22 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	14	14	0	0
Republican	12	8	0	1

How each member voted

Yea (26)

Nay (22)

Excused (1)

Harold Hochstatter R-13

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 6199 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6199 (2025–26) Paid leave contributions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6199 (2023–24) Housing authority notices · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6199 (2019–20) Prop. tax exemp./inflation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6199 (2017–18) Consumer directed empl. prg. · Enacted · Chapter 278, Laws of 2018
SB 6199 (2015–16) North Cascade elk herd plan · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6199 (2013–14) Wildfires/incendiary devices · Enacted · Chapter 90, Laws of 2014
SB 6199 (2011–12) False swearing/beneficiary · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6199 (2009–10) Community renewal law · Did not pass · died in committee

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