HB2170

Modifies child passenger restraint system requirements for children in Missouri.

The bill modifies provisions relating to child passenger restraint systems in Missouri. It mandates that children under three years of age must be secured in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system, except when they reach the highest rear-facing weight or height allowed by the manufacturer. Children aged four to eight years and weighing at least forty pounds must be secured in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat. Children over eight years of age or at least eighty pounds and over four feet, nine inches in height must be secured by a vehicle safety belt.