Bill > HB230

Introduced Session

Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems; certain persons exempt. Exempts from the requirements for the use of safety belt systems emergency medical services personnel while in the patient compartment of an emergency medical services vehicle providing necessary care, as defined in the bill, to a patient. The bill provides that, for seats that are subject to such requirements for the use of safety belt systems, such personnel shall use safety belt systems while the vehicle is in motion and such personnel is not providing necessary care to a patient. The bill also changes the existing exemption from such requirements for law-enforcement agency personnel driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking to an exemption for law-enforcement officers driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking. This bill incorporates HB 233.

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Delores McQuinn (D)*,  Lashrecse Aird (D),  Jessica Anderson (D),  Bonita Anthony (D),  Lamont Bagby (D),  Kacey Carnegie (D),  Mitchell Cornett (R),  Karen Keys-Gamarra (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Michelle Lopes-Maldonado (D),  Ellen McLaughlin (R),  Saddam Salim (D),  Howard Wachsmann (R),  Rodney Willett (D), 

Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) (on 02/23/2026)

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