SLS 201ES-34 ORIGINAL
2020 First Extraordinary Session
SENATE BILL NO. 9
BY SENATOR HEWITT
EVIDENCE. Provides relative to safety belts. (Item #40) (1/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To repeal R.S. 32:295.1(E), relative to safety belts; to provide relative to the failure to wear
3 safety belts; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:295.1(E) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
6 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2021.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
SB 9 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session Hewitt
Present law prohibits consideration of the failure to wear a safety belt in violation of law as
evidence of comparative negligence in any action to recover damages arising out of the
ownership, common maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
Present law prohibits admission of the failure to wear a safety belt in violation of law to
mitigate damages.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective January 1, 2021.
(Repeals R.S. 32:295.1(E))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.