PRINTER'S NO. 2234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1551
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SCHLOSSBERG, STEPHENS, O'BRIEN, V. BROWN, WARD,
ROZZI, MURT, PHILLIPS-HILL, D. COSTA, McNEILL, THOMAS,
YOUNGBLOOD, MAHONEY, MILNE, ROEBUCK, SCHWEYER AND COHEN,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes,in other required equipment, further providing for
restraint systems.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4581(a)(1) and (1.1) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 4581. Restraint systems.
(a) Occupant protection.--
(1) [Any] (i) Except as provided under subparagraph
(ii), any person who is operating a passenger car, Class
I truck, Class II truck, classic motor vehicle, antique
motor vehicle or motor home and who transports a child
under four years of age anywhere in the motor vehicle,
including the cargo area, shall fasten such child
securely in a child passenger restraint system, as
[defined] provided in subsection (d).
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(ii) Any person who is operating a passenger car,
Class I truck, Class II truck, classic motor vehicle,
antique motor vehicle or motor home and who transports a
child under one year of age anywhere in the motor vehicle
shall fasten such child securely in a rear-facing child
passenger restraint system, as provided in subsection
(d).
(iii) This [subsection] paragraph shall apply to all
persons while they are operators of motor vehicles where
a seating position is available which is equipped with a
seat safety belt or other means to secure the systems or
where the seating position was originally equipped with
seat safety belts.
(1.1) Any person who is operating a passenger car, Class
I truck, Class II truck, classic motor vehicle, antique motor
vehicle or motor home and who transports a child four years
of age or older but under eight years of age anywhere in the
motor vehicle, including the cargo area, shall fasten such
child securely in a fastened safety seat belt system and in
an appropriately fitting child booster seat, as [defined]
provided in subsection (d). This paragraph shall apply to all
persons while they are operators of motor vehicles where a
seating position is available which is equipped with a seat
safety belt or other means to secure the systems or where the
seating position was originally equipped with seat safety
belts.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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