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Bill Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems. Use of safety belt systems. Requires all adult passengers in a motor vehicle equipped with a safety belt system to wear such safety belt system when the motor vehicle is in motion on a public highway. Current law requires adult passengers to wear such safety belts when occupying the front seat. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2475 Virginia HB 2475 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2475 (2025) — Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems.

Use of safety belt systems. Requires all adult passengers in a motor vehicle equipped with a safety belt system to wear such safety belt system when the motor vehicle is in motion on a public highway. Current law requires adult passengers to wear such safety belts when occupying the front seat.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 2217 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N) — 6533 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation (12-Y 10-N) — 1210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N) — 41 (pass) · lower
  • Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — 113 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
  • Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104235D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
  • 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Transportation (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Transportation (11-Y 3-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2475ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5783420-042e-49fd-bf02-267e4e0e095a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).