Bill Text: FL S1374 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Child Restraint Requirements
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Rules [S1374 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1374-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 1374 By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Perry 596-03506-23 20231374c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to child restraint requirements; 3 amending s. 316.613, F.S.; revising requirements for 4 the use of a crash-tested, federally approved child 5 restraint device while transporting a child in a motor 6 vehicle; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 11 316.613, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 316.613 Child restraint requirements.— 13 (1)(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined in this 14 section, while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated 15 on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, mustshall, 16 if the child is 75years of age or younger, provide for 17 protection of the child by properly using a crash-tested, 18 federally approved child restraint device. 19 1. For children aged through 23years, such restraint 20 device must be a rear-facing five-point harnessseparate carrier21or a vehicle manufacturer’s integrated child seat. 22 2. For children aged 34through 45years, such restraint 23 device must be a forward-facing or rear-facing five-point 24 harness. 25 3. For children aged 5 through 7 years, such restraint 26 device must bea separate carrier, an integrated child seat, or27 a child booster seat that incorporates the use of the motor 28 vehicle’s safety belt as defined in s. 316.614(3)(b) or must be 29 a forward-facing five-point harnessmay be used. However, the 30 requirement to use a child restraint device under this 31 subparagraph does not apply when a safety belt is used as 32 required in s. 316.614(4)(a) and the child: 33 a. Is being transported gratuitously by an operator who is 34 not a member of the child’s immediate family; 35 b. Is being transported in a medical emergency situation 36 involving the child; or 37 c. Has a medical condition that necessitates an exception 38 as evidenced by appropriate documentation from a health care 39 professional. 40 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.