AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Makes leaving child under 7 years old unattended in motor vehicle longer than 5 minutes offense punishable by imprisonment of 1 year or less or fine of $1,000 or less.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 1, 2017
Last action Feb 7, 2017
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
02/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Committee
02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
legislature
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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