HB 466 -- Child Restraint Systems

Co-Sponsors:  Dusenberg, Avery, Riback Wilson (25), Sutherland,
Threlkeld, Yates, Schaaf, Cooper (155)

This bill revises the law pertaining to child passenger
restraints and seat belts.  The bill:

(1)  Requires children less than four years old, regardless of
weight, or who weigh less than 40 pounds, regardless of age, to
be secured in a child passenger restraint system;

(2)  Requires children four to six years old or weighing 40 to 65
pounds or less than four feet nine inches in height to be secured
in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat;

(3)  Requires children at least seven years old or weighing at
least 65 pounds to be secured by a vehicle safety belt;

(4)  Requires car rental agencies doing business in Missouri to
inform customers of the requirements of the bill and to provide
an appropriate child passenger safety restraint system;

(5)  Exempts public carriers for hire or school buses from
restraint requirements, unless a school bus has been equipped
with safety belts or is required to be equipped with safety belts
by federal motor vehicle safety standards; and

(6)  Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop a public
information program to ensure compliance with child passenger
safety restraint laws.

The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2004.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:12 am