BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
HB 1440: Safety belt enforcement
Authorizing enforcement of safety belt requirements as a primary action.
Summary
- Revises RCW 46.61.688 to delete the provision which limited enforcement of the requirement to a situation where the law enforcement officer had detained a driver for a violation of some other law.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 27, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Eric Robertson (R-31)
- Introduced
- January 27, 1997 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Eric Robertson (R-31)
11 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
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.
HB 1440 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- HB 1440 (2019–20) Rent increase notices
- HB 1440 (2017–18) Student loan bill of rights
- HB 1440 (2015–16) Cell site simulator devices
- HB 1440 (2013–14) Protecting employees
- HB 1440 (2011–12) Building communities fund