SB 820 Requires the driver and all passengers in a car or truck to wear a safety belt with certain exceptions
Sponsor: Schupp
LR Number: 4339S.01I Fiscal Notes
Committee: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety
Last Action: 2/10/2016 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee Journal Page:
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Effective Date: August 28, 2016

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SB 820 - Currently, drivers, front seat passengers, and passengers under 18 years of age are required to wear a safety belt in a vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1968, and designed for carrying up to 10 people, including trucks with a licensed gross weight less than 12,000 pounds. This act specifies that each person in a passenger vehicle, manufactured after January 1, 1968, carrying up to 10 people, including trucks regardless of weight, must wear a safety belt when operated on the streets or highways of Missouri unless the person has a medical reason documented by a physician. This act also repeals the provision prohibiting a person from being stopped solely for not wearing a safety belt.

This act is identical to SB 275 (2015) and HB 1959 (2014).

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