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Letter: Urging Support For Massachusetts H 2318

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Advocates urges the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to support H 2318.  This bill would improve safety for the youngest vehicle occupants by requiring that children remain in a rear facing safety seat until at least…

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Letter in Support of Senate Bill (SB) 380 to strengthen Florida’s Child Occupant Protection Statute

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On February 10, 2021, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) and KidsAndCars.org sent a letter to the Florida Senate Committee on Transportation in support of Senate bill (SB) 380.  This measure requires children to remain in a booster seat until at least age six.  The letter also urged the Committee to further upgrade the law by extending the age requirement in the bill to eight and adding a height requirement of 57 inches before permitting a child to transition to the use of a seat belt in a rear seat. 

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