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2019 SESSION
HB 2143 Air bags; counterfeit or nonfunctional bags prohibited.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Air bags; manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag prohibited; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he knowingly manufactures, imports, sells, installs, or reinstalls a counterfeit air bag or nonfunctional air bag, or any device that is intended to conceal a counterfeit air bag or nonfunctional air bag, in a motor vehicle. The bill provides an exemption for the sale, installation, reinstallation, or replacement of a motor vehicle air bag on a vehicle solely used for police work. The bill also provides that any sale, installation, reinstallation, or replacement of a motor vehicle air bag with a counterfeit, nonfunctional, or otherwise unlawful air bag shall not be construed as a superseding cause that limits the liability of any party in any civil action.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104063D pdf
- 01/21/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19104899D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106867D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2143ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104063D
- 01/08/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/18/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19104899D-H1
- 01/23/19 House: Read first time
- 01/24/19 House: Read second time
- 01/24/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19104899D-H1
- 01/24/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2143H1
- 01/25/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106867D-S1
- 02/15/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106867D-S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2143S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/19 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106867D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2143ER)
- 02/22/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/14/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/14/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)