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Committee restores original child‑passenger safety language and concurs on bill to update restraint requirements
Summary
Representative Mark Lee told the Senate Transportation Committee that House Bill 586 would update Montana’s child passenger protection law to follow national best practices for rear‑facing, harnessed and booster seats.
Representative Mark Lee introduced House Bill 586 to the Senate Transportation Committee as a child passenger safety modernization measure intended to align Montana law with national best practices and federal standards.
Under the provisions described by the sponsor and in materials distributed to the committee, the bill would require a motor vehicle passenger age 2 and younger to be restrained in a rear‑facing child safety restraint that complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). Children between 2 and 4 years of age would be restrained in rear‑facing or forward‑facing restraint systems with an internal harness; children between 4 and 8 years of age would be restrained in a forward‑facing child restraint with internal harness or a belt‑positioning booster seat secured by a vehicle lap‑shoulder belt. Representative Lee and…
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