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Tougher seat belt law passes Senate

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The Associated Press

Published: April 28, 2009

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Senate has passed a measure that toughens the state's seat belt law.

The Senate voted 33-4 Tuesday to pass the Dori Slosberg and Katie Marchetti Safety Belt Law named in the memory of two young women killed in accidents while not wearing seat belts.

The House, which has passed similar proposals in recent years, is expected to vote Wednesday on the bill making it a primary offense for failing to buckle up.

The parents of the two dead girls were in the Senate gallery when the vote was taken.

Dori Slosberg's father, former state Rep. Irv Slosberg of Boca Raton, had sponsored the legislation during his years in the House. The federal government estimates the new law would save 124 lives every year in Florida.

Katie Marchetti was 16 and a student at Durant High School when she died in a crash in March 2006.

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