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