BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1883: Pickup truck beds/passengers

Regulating carrying animals or persons in pickup beds.

Summary

$ It is illegal to transport any unrestrained animal or any person on the running board, fenders, hood or other outside part of any vehicle, including the bed of a pickup truck.
$ Exceptions are provided for vehicles that have outside areas equipped with seats with seatbelts, providing that the person riding in that seat is securely fastened in the seatbelt.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to carrying persons or animals in pickup truck beds;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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

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