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HB 277 Original 2024 Regular Session Kerner
Abstract: Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in the presence of a child under the age of thirteen.
Present law prohibits smoking cigarettes, pipes, cigars, or any vaping devices in a motor vehicle,
passenger van, or pick-up truck by a driver or passenger when any child who is required to be
restrained in a rear-facing child safety seat, a forward-facing child safety seat, a booster seat, or a
motor vehicle's safety belt, as required in R.S. 32:295, is present.
Proposed law changes the prohibition in present law from any child who is required to be restrained
in a rear-facing child safety seat, a forward-facing child safety seat, a booster seat, or a motor
vehicle's safety belt, as required in R.S. 32:295, to any child under the age of 13.
(Amends R.S. 32:300.4(A))