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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child restraint devices and safety belts; exempts emergency and law-enforcement vehicles."
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description: "Exempts the operators of emergency medical services agency vehicles, fire company vehicles, fire department vehicles, and law-enforcement agency vehicles during the performance of their official duties from (i) the requirement that certain minors be secured with a safety belt and (ii) the requirement that minors under the age of eight be secured in a child restraint device, provided that exigent circumstances exist and no child restraint device is readily available. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1662"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1662 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency Services and Vehicles", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles", "Police"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-12-03"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe7eb915-9f03-4184-8325-edb7653ad67d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1662"
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source_hash: "6f17f7cfc93804c9f8ccb176ba81037a53db390783f8697f1f110cd3f2c53bde"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1662 (2019) — Child restraint devices and safety belts; exempts emergency and law-enforcement vehicles.
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Exempts the operators of emergency medical services agency vehicles, fire company vehicles, fire department vehicles, and law-enforcement agency vehicles during the performance of their official duties from (i) the requirement that certain minors be secured with a safety belt and (ii) the requirement that minors under the age of eight be secured in a child restraint device, provided that exigent circumstances exist and no child restraint device is readily available. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0196)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1662)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1662ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1662ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104859D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1662H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100134D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1662)
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6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106387D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1662S1)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106387D-S1 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100134D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-09** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 19104859D-H1
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- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1662H1
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 19106387D-S1
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- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1662S1
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- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-13** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106387D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe7eb915-9f03-4184-8325-edb7653ad67d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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