School bus seat-belt bill unlikely to get look before fall

June 5, 2010, Coshocton Tribune

BY JESSICA ALAIMO

CentralOhio.com

COLUMBUS — A student’s death on a Muskingum County school bus spurred committee action on a bill that would require seat belts on all new school buses.

However, the legislation has yet to get a vote on the House floor.

The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Kathleen Chandler, D-Kent, had hoped the House would take up the bill before members left for summer recess early Friday morning.

Lawmakers worked through the night, adjourning at 5 a.m., but the seat-belt bill never came up.