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SF 357Died when the session ended · February 21, 2019

Relating to child restraint systems in motor vehicles, and making penalties applicable

Topics:Transportation

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2019
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires a child under three years of age to be secured during transit in a rear-facing child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. However, if the child has reached the maximum height and weight for the rear-facing child restraint system as determined by the system’s manufacturer, the child must be secured as required for a child at least three years of age but under seven years of age. The bill requires a child at least three years of age but under seven years of age to be secured during transit by a child restraint system, other than a booster seat, that is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

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However, if the child has reached the maximum height and weight for the child restraint system as determined by the system’s manufacturer, the child must be secured as required for a child at least seven years of age but under years of age. The bill requires a child at least seven years of age but under years of age to be secured during transit in a booster seat by a safety belt or safety harness. However, if the child is four feet nine inches in height or over, or weighs pounds or more, the child must be secured as required for a child at least years of age but under years of age. The bill requires a child at least years of age but under years of age to be secured during transit by a safety belt or safety harness. The bill provides that a child under years of age must be secured as required in the bill in the back seat of the motor vehicle. The bill strikes a provision that exempts a child occupying the back seat of a motor vehicle from having to be secured during transit by a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness if no safety belt is available because all safety belts are being used by other occupants or cannot be used due to the use of a child restraint system in the seating position for which a belt is provided.446.446 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $100.555.

Full bill text1

Senate subcommittee

Named February 26, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.446

How the Code works2

Lobbying

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