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Senate adopts seat-belt bill with warning period and two-year sunset; final passage by one-vote margin
Summary
Senate Bill 114, which makes seat-belt violations on roads 55 mph+ a primary offense (with an initial-warning year and a two-year sunset), passed third reading 15–14 after sponsors cited crash and fatality figures and opponents raised civil-liberties concerns.
The Senate debated and passed Senate Bill 114 after amendments that converted a first-year enforcement phase to warnings and added a two-year sunset for data collection.
Sponsor Senator Robles said the measure moves seat-belt violations on high-speed roads (55 mph and above) from secondary to primary enforcement and that the…
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