HB 386-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0583
02/08
HOUSE BILL 386-FN
AN ACT relative to child passenger restraints.
SPONSORS: Rep. Corcoran, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill lowers the age which a child passenger must be retrained by a child restraint system from 7 to 4.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0583
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to child passenger restraints.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Passenger Restraints Required.. Amend RSA 265:107-a, I-b to read as follows:
I-b. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any way while carrying as a passenger a person less than [7] 4 years of age unless such passenger is properly fastened and secured by a child restraint system which is in accordance with the safety standards approved by the United States Department of Transportation in 49 C.F.R. section 571.213. If the passenger is 57 inches or more in height, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.
23-0583
12/29/22
HB 386-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to child passenger restraints.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill, beginning January 1, 2024, reduces the age for child safety restraints in a motor vehicle from 7 to 4, to which noncompliance is a violation level offense. There is no method to determine how many charges, if any, would be brought as a result of this bill to determine the fiscal impact on expenditures. The Judicial Branch has indicated the potential cost per case for violation/misdemeanor level offenses would be $122 in FY 2024 (not including appeals).
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch