New Child Safety Seat Law
Did you know that Florida has the weakest child passenger safety law in the country? Legislators have tried for fourteen
years to get a new law in place and the latest law now awaits the Governor’s signature.
The new Florida law (HB 225) requires children in motor vehicles to be restrained in federally approved car seats through the age of 5, up from the current state requirement of age 3. No longer will children up to 5 be allowed to be restrained using a seat belt. They will have to be restrained using booster seats.
The law, which is awaiting the Governor’s final approval, would go into effect January 1, 2015.
UPDATE: On June 24, 2014, Rick Scott Signs HB 225, Child Motor Vehicles Safety Bill.
If you have additional questions regarding child safety seats visit our website at www.murrayguari.com/Child_Seat_Safety.
