FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA MarSESSION 24, 2025 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 430 Short Title:

430 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS45227-NE-59A Short Title:

Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REVISING THE LAW REGARDING THE MANDATORY USE OF CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.

(1) Beginningasanewborn,achildshallbeproperlysecuredinarearfacingchildBeginningas anewborn,achildshallbeproperlysecuredinarearfacingchild passenger restraint system with transition to a forward-facing system according to the manufacturer's instructions related to the child's height and weight requirements for use of the system as indicated by the federally required label on the car seat which states those requirements.

This exception shall not apply to a rear-facingrear-facingchild child passenger restraint system being used in the front seat of a motor vehicle that has an active front air bag.

(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a1) of this section, if no seating position equipped with a lap and shoulder belt to properly secure the weight-appropriate child passenger restraint system is available, a child less *DRS45227-NE-59A**S430-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 than eight years of age and between at least 40 and 80 pounds may be restrained by a properly fitted lap belt only.

The shoulder belt crosses the child's bodybodydiagonallyat diagonally at approximately the mid-point of the child's shoulder and the center of the child's chest.

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