WA People
BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

HB 1046: Child personl floatatn devic

Requiring personal flotation devices for children on certain recreational vessels.

Summary

  • No person may operate, or permit to be operated, a vessel under 19 feet in length unless each child nine years of age or younger on the vessel wears a U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device. Enforcement of this requirement by law enforcement officers may be accomplished only as a secondary action if the vessel is detained for a suspected violation of some other provision of law.

From the Senate Bill Report (HB 1046), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 1997
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed HouseMar 13, 1997
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Don Carlson (R-49)
Introduced
January 13, 1997 in the House
Last action
March 12, 1998

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Don Carlson (R-49)

18 co-sponsors (13 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

John Pennington R-18Renee Radcliff R-21Val Ogden D-49Mark Doumit D-19Karen Keiser D-33Pat Scott D-38Grace Cole D-32Richard DeBolt R-20Mike Cooper D-21Dawn Mason D-37Eileen Cody D-11Jeralita "Jeri" Costa D-38Les Thomas R-31Phil Dyer R-5Debbie Regala D-27Dave Anderson D-10Marlin Appelwick D-46Al O'Brien D-1

Votes

House · Final Passage

March 13, 1997
Version voted on: HB 1046
75 Yea 20 Nay 0 Absent 3 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat40002
Republican352001
How each member voted

Yea (75)

Excused (3)

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House · Final Passage

January 16, 1998
Version voted on: HB 1046
67 Yea 22 Nay 0 Absent 9 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat36005
Republican312204
How each member voted

Yea (67)

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History

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HB 1046 in other sessions

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