l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 534

Booster seats; require use of when transporting certain children in a passenger motor vehicle.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PERSONS TRANSPORTING A CHILD IN A PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE CHILD BY PROPERLY USING A BELT POSITIONING BOOSTER SEAT SYSTEM MEETING APPLICABLE FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS IF THE CHILD MEETS CERTAIN AGE, HEIGHT AND WEIGHT CRITERIA; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-2-1 AND 63-2-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT AND TO INCREASE FROM EIGHT TO TEN THE MAXIMUM AGE OF A CHILD WHO IS REQUIRED TO BE PROTECTED BY THE USE OF A SEAT BELT, REGARDLESS OF THE SEAT THAT THE CHILD OCCUPIES, WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED IN A PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE IF A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT DEVICE OR SYSTEM OR A BELT POSITIONING BOOSTER SEAT SYSTEM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE CHILD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Sidney Bondurant

Its course

January 31 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 31 to Feb 19 · stopped19 days

TransportationJan 31 to Feb 19 · stopped19 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 31 – Feb 19

  1. Jan 31Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 31Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives