HB2146: Children; unlawful to leave unattended in vehicle.

Chief Patron

Dave Albo (R-42)
Served: 1994–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Unattended children in a motor vehicle. Provides that any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who leaves an unattended child in a motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill defines "unattended child" as a child under six years of age who has been left in a motor vehicle by the driver or operator of the vehicle when the driver or operator is unable to continuously observe the child, unless a person 12 years of age or older is physically present in the motor vehicle with the child.

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Comments

Kevin writes:

So at six parents can leave them in the car? Is a 12 year old really responsible to look after a child 5 years or younger?

Posted 19 months ago. #

Shawn writes:

Now this is a great bill. It opens up a new age group for potential baby sitters.

Posted 19 months ago. #

Aaron Cook writes:

So, if a hypothetical father would pull over to the curb, slip into the post office to pick up the mail (leaving his several children strapped in the car), he would be subject to 12 months in jail, $2500 fine and, even worse, access to his vehicle by the police and scrutiny by social services? What if that father thought it was safer than removing all the kids from the vehicle and herding them across the street to the post office?
On a more philosophical level, what would Patrick Henry think of Albo's proposal?

Posted 19 months ago. #

Harry Landers writes:

This is pure governmental nannyism. A parent is entitled to determine whether her child is safe to play outside unsupervised, walk to school unsupervised, or sit in a car unsupervised. Don't force parents to wrap their children in these mandated cocoons of safety.

Posted 19 months ago. #