Amendment H-8142 to HF 2344
Relating to the use of child restraint devices by certain children traveling in motor vehicles
Never voted on
Filed March 4, 2026 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that insurance companies must include the value of any child restraint system in settlements for partial automobile losses. This new requirement would apply to partial losses occurring on or after July 1, 2026.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, after line 27 by inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 507B.4D Automobile partial loss settlements —— child restraint systems.
- If an automobile insurance policy provides for the settlement of a first-party automobile partial loss, a person shall include the value of any child restraint system that is located in an automobile at the time the automobile is subject to a partial loss. For purposes of this subsection, “automobile” has the same meaning as defined in section 321.1, subsection 42, paragraph “d” , and “child restraint system” has the same meaning as defined in section 321.446, subsection
- The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this section. Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. The section of this Act enacting section 507B.4D applies to first-party automobile partial losses for automobiles that are subject to a partial loss occurring on or after July 1,
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- Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting “An Act relating to child restraint systems, including the use of child restraint systems by certain children traveling in motor vehicles and the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in certain insurance settlements, and including applicability provisions.”
- By renumbering as necessary.