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Child booster-seat bill fails after floor debate over practicality and enforcement
Summary
House Bill 209 to require booster seats for children up to age 8 or under 57 inches failed on the House floor after members raised concerns about practicality (carpools, grandparents), enforcement and unintended consequences; the vote was 31 yes, 38 no, 6 absent.
House Bill 209, which would have required child booster seats for children ages 5–8 up to 57 inches tall in motor vehicles, failed on the House floor after extended debate.
Representative Tim Cosgrove, sponsor, argued the bill establishes a safety standard for children who are too small for adult seat belts and cited national…
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