BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
HB 2437: Bicycle helmets
Requiring bicycle helmets.
Summary
- Provides that, in order to provide an effective means of implementing a requirement for all bicyclists and their passengers to wear helmets, the legislature recognizes that programs of helmet awareness designed to promote use of helmets by all ages, undertaken by public and private agencies with existing resources, and with notification of the requirement must precede the date of total enforcement.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 14, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Duane Sommers (R-6)
- Introduced
- January 14, 1998 in the House
- Last action
- January 14, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Duane Sommers (R-6)
5 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 2 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 2437 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2437 (2025–26) Opioid treatment prg. fees
- HB 2437 (2023–24) Retirement savings
- HB 2437 (2019–20) Voting access & security
- HB 2437 (2017–18) Affordable housing/sales tax
- HB 2437 (2015–16) Legislators/election year
- HB 2437 (2013–14) PEBB benefits, eligibility
- HB 2437 (2011–12) Early supp security income
- HB 2437 (2009–10) Criminal background checks