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HB 708 Forward-facing child restraint devices; requirement for transporting children.
Introduced by: Eileen Filler-Corn | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Rear-facing child restraint devices. Prohibits child restraint devices from being forward-facing until, at least, the child reaches two years of age or until the child reaches the minimum weight limit for a forward-facing child restraint device as prescribed by the manufacturer of the device. The bill expands the reasons that a physician may determine that it is impractical for a child to use a child restraint system to include the child's height. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103259D pdf
- 02/08/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18104941D-H1 pdf
- 03/01/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107620D-S1 (Dunnavant) pdf
- 03/01/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107817D-S2 (Dunnavant) pdf
- 03/01/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107904D-S3 (Cosgrove) pdf
- 03/08/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB708ER) pdf
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103259D
- 01/09/18 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/06/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18104941D-H1
- 02/10/18 House: Read first time
- 02/12/18 House: Read second time
- 02/12/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18104941D-H1
- 02/12/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB708H1
- 02/13/18 House: Read third time and passed House (77-Y 23-N)
- 02/13/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (77-Y 23-N)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/21/18 Senate: Reported from Transportation (9-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/28/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/01/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107620D-S1 (Dunnavant)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Substitute #1 by Senator Dunnavant rejected 18107620D-S1
- 03/01/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107817D-S2 (Dunnavant)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/18 Senate: Substitute #2 by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 18107817D-S2
- 03/01/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107904D-S3 (Cosgrove)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Substitute by Senator Cosgrove withdrawn 18107904D-S3
- 03/01/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/18 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/18 Senate: Amendment by Senator McClellan agreed to (25-Y 15-N)
- 03/05/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment HB708S2
- 03/05/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (23-Y 17-N)
- 03/06/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/06/18 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107817D-S2 (77-Y 20-N)
- 03/06/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 20-N)
- 03/08/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/08/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB708ER)
- 03/08/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018
- 03/16/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/23/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)