GA96HB166 96 HB 166 VEH CD-SEAT BELTS-SCHOOL BUS Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2010, each school bus that is purchased new shall be equipped with seat safety belts for each passenger. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that school districts require all passengers on those buses to wear seat safety belts. Provides that except for willful and wanton conduct, a school bus driver may not be held personally liable for the failure of passengers to wear seat safety belts. Denies home rule powers. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Municipal Code. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=166&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40183&SessionID=76&GA=96 2009-03-13 00:00:00 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1 12 HRUL 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 0 11 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 0 10 2009-02-05 00:00:00 House Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed 0 9 2009-02-05 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 0 7 2009-02-05 00:00:00 House Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie 0 8 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee 0 6 HVES 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias 0 5 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo 0 4 2009-02-04 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford 0 3 2009-01-14 00:00:00 House Referred to Rules Committee 0 2 HRUL 2009-01-14 00:00:00 House First Reading 1 1 2009-01-13 00:00:00 House Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson 0 0 LouLang House Chief Co-Sponsor SidneyHMathias House Chief Co-Sponsor LaShawnKFord House Chief Co-Sponsor LuisArroyo House Chief Co-Sponsor ElizabethCoulson House Chief Sponsor