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SB 1478: Child Safety

GENERAL BILL by Bracy

Child Safety; Defining the term “motor vehicle”; requiring, by a specified date, that motor vehicles be equipped with an alarm system that prompts the driver to inspect the motor vehicle for unattended occupants before exiting; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to adopt by rule minimum standards for such systems and to maintain a list of approved alarm manufacturers and alarm systems; revising transportation safety minimum standards for the licensure of child care facilities, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Transportation
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Transportation (TR)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2022 Senate • Filed
1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 130
1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 130
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Transportation