REAR-FACING CHILD RESTRAINT
Summary
Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that when any person is transporting a child in this State who is under the age of 2 years in a motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing 9,000 pounds or less, he or she shall be responsible for properly securing the child in a rear-facing child restraint system, unless the child weighs 40 or more pounds or is 40 or more inches tall.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Aug 2018
Introduced Mar 9, 2018
Signed Aug 3, 2018
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2018 · House Mar 7, 2018
How they voted
44–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 48
May 23, 2018
D
Democratic28
96% Yea
R
Republican20
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
71
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Aug 3, 2018
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 2, 2018
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Transportation; 012-000-000
upper
Apr 25, 2018
Committee
Assigned to Transportation
upper
Mar 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 9, 2018
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 7, 2018
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-0-8)
house
Feb 28, 2018
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000
lower
Feb 5, 2018
Committee
Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
lower
Jan 30, 2018
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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