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SB 93 Personal flotation devices; requires children 12 and under to wear.
Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Personal flotation devices required for children; civil penalty. Requires children 12 years of age or younger to wear a Type I, II, III, or V U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device (life jackets) on recreational vessels. This requirement applies only in those waters where there is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. The Director of Game and Inland Fisheries may assess any recreational vessel operator found in violation of this provision a civil penalty of up to $100. However, this penalty may be waived if the person completes a boating safety education course. All penalties collected are to be paid to the Motorboat and Water Safety Fund of the Game Protection Fund. 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 enactment of the bill is delayed until January 1, 2011.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101099D pdf
- 01/18/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104195D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/10 House: Floor substitute printed 10105865D-H1 (Pollard) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101099D
- 01/06/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/18/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104195D-S1
- 01/18/10 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/19/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/10 Senate: Read second time
- 01/20/10 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/20/10 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104195D-S1
- 01/20/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB93S1
- 01/21/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/17/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/10 House: Read first time
- 02/17/10 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 03/03/10 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 9-N)
- 03/04/10 House: Read second time
- 03/05/10 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/10 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/10 House: Read third time
- 03/09/10 House: Floor substitute printed 10105865D-H1 (Pollard)
- 03/09/10 House: Substitute by Delegate Pollard agreed to 10105865D-H1
- 03/09/10 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 03/09/10 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 03/14/10 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety