l9n/ Connecticut

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 6956

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 5, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require that a child under eight years of age but not under five years of age be transported in a child restraint system with a five-point harness or a booster seat, a child under five years of age but not under two years of age be transported in a child restraint system with a five-point harness, a child under two years of age be transported in a rear-facing child restraint system and to prohibit the use of rear-facing child restraint systems in the front seat of vehicles with functional side passenger air bags.

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

5 co-sponsors

Brenda L. Kupchick, Nicole Klarides-Ditria, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Laura M. Devlin, Rick Lopes

Its course

January 25 to April 5, 2017, 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 action13 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 25 to Apr 5 · stopped70 days

Transportation CommitteeJan 25 to Mar 1751 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly 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 General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 25 – Mar 17

  1. Jan 25Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
  2. Feb 2Heard in Transportation Committee
  3. Mar 15Drafted as a bill by Transportation Committee
  4. Mar 16Sent to Transportation Committee
  5. Mar 17Transportation Committee recommended it
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Jan 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Jan 30Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
  3. Feb 2PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  4. Mar 1Vote to DraftBoth houses
  5. Mar 15DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
  6. Mar 16REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  7. Mar 17Joint FavorableBoth houses
  8. Mar 20FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  9. Mar 30REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  10. Apr 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  11. Apr 5FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  12. Apr 5HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  13. Apr 5FILE NO.Both houses