RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 489 (HB 277) 2024 Regular Session Kerner
Prior law prohibited 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, was present.
New law changes the prohibition in prior 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.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 32:300.4(A))