---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying that a violation of the statute requiring seat belt use is a traffic infraction."
description: "Clarifying that a violation of the statute requiring seat belt use is a traffic infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Kansas SB 41 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/396aae20-c4ad-45a9-82c3-7bcb453cf066"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb41"
source_hash: "9ef5ae075404e3d7d0dda273e69c5eacffd6951792310944d4a81bba09a91656"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 41 (2019-2020) — Clarifying that a violation of the statute requiring seat belt use is a traffic infraction.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb41_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb41_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **109–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing: Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2019-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Hearing: Thursday, March 7, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2019-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 109 Nay: 14 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/396aae20-c4ad-45a9-82c3-7bcb453cf066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).