---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the exemption from safety belt use for physical or medical reasons."
description: "Clarifying the exemption from safety belt use for physical or medical reasons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1901"
citation: "Washington HB 1901 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb2621a-d175-4c6c-91fc-d246690d08d9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1901&year=2019"
source_hash: "9df72d122342db28ca6168bf3861f17c24a96dc1d6da2b77f8020ade612a9dab"
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-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1901 (2019-2020) — Clarifying the exemption from safety belt use for physical or medical reasons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1901.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#39) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** TR - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 173, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 09:30 AM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb2621a-d175-4c6c-91fc-d246690d08d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).