Child Care Facilities
Summary
Child Care Facilities; Citing this act at the "Child Safety Alarm Act"; requiring that, by a specified date, vehicles used by child care facilities and large family child care homes to transport children be equipped with a reliable alarm system that prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle for children before exiting the vehicle; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt by rule minimum safety standards for such systems and to maintain a list of approved alarm manufacturers and alarm systems, etc.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2020
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 5, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 -SJ 457, 458
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 1
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/29/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 01/21/20, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Nov 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
upper
Oct 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Aug 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Infrastructure and Security; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Linda Stewart
DDemocratic
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