TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The age requirement for child booster seats would be boosted up a year and day care centers would have to install alarms in vans used to transport children under two bills unanimously approved by a Florida Senate committee on Wednesday.
Right now, Florida requires children up to the age of five to be placed in a car seat or booster seat. Republican Sen. Keith Perry's bill would raise that age to six. [TRENDING: How to get a vaccine in Fla. | Wanted: Man accused of shooting at detective | Cops: Fla.
man decapitated hamster] “Data shows that if we can move this by a year we will save a lot children's lives," Perry told the Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee.