1233XD — Car Seats, Age Requirements (1233XD) - Public Safety, Department of

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The bill modifies existing child restraint laws by increasing the age and weight requirements for children to be secured in child restraint systems.

• Section 321.446

  A child under one year of age and weighing less than twenty pounds → A child under three years of age and weighing less than thirty pounds

  This change increases the age limit for rear-facing child restraint requirements from one year to three years and the weight limit from twenty pounds to thirty pounds.

• Section 321.446

  A child under six years of age → A child under eight years of age

  This change increases the minimum age for using a child restraint system from six years to eight years.

• Section 321.446

  A child at least six years of age but under eighteen years of age → A child at least eight years of age but under eighteen years of age

  This change affects the age when a child can transition from a child restraint system to an approved safety belt or safety harness.

• Section 321.446, subsection 3, paragraph d

  Children occupying the back seat of a motor vehicle shall not be required to be secured during transit by a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness if no safety belt is available.

  This removal eliminates the exemption for children in the back seat from being secured if all safety belts are in use.

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