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SB 909 Personal flotation devices; required for children 12 yrs. of age or younger to wear, penalty.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Personal flotation devices required for children; penalty. Requires all children six years of age or younger to wear a Type I, II, III, or Type V U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device on recreational vessels under 21 feet in length. The bill does not apply to a recreational vessel that is moored or anchored, or to children below deck or in an enclosed cabin. The bill defines "recreational vessel" as a vessel manufactured or operated for leisure or recreational purposes, or a vessel leased, rented or chartered for noncommercial use. "Recreational vessel" includes motorboats, sailboats, canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and any other vessel capable of being used for transportation on water, when the vessel is being used for other than commercial purposes. A boat operator who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor which will be dismissed if the operator completes a boating safety education course. The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2006.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056704780 pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/05 Senate: Printed as engrossed 056704780-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/05 House: Floor substitute printed 053764404-H1 (McDonnell) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056704780
- 01/11/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/31/05 Senate: Rereferred from A.C.&N.R. (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/05 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/07/05 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/05 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/08/05 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/08/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB909E
- 02/08/05 Senate: Printed as engrossed 056704780-E
- 02/08/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/05 House: Read first time
- 02/11/05 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/16/05 House: Reported from Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res. (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/05 House: Read second time
- 02/18/05 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/05 House: Read third time
- 02/21/05 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/21/05 House: Motion to refer to committee rejected
- 02/21/05 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/05 House: Read third time
- 02/22/05 House: Floor substitute printed 053764404-H1 (McDonnell)
- 02/22/05 House: Substitute by Del. McDonnell agreed to 053764404-H1
- 02/22/05 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/22/05 House: Amendment by Del. Lingamfelter rejected
- 02/22/05 House: Amendment by Del. McDonnell agreed to
- 02/22/05 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/22/05 House: Defeated by House(35-Y 62-N 1-A)
- 02/22/05 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (35-Y 62-N 1-A)