Senate passes legislation requiring children to wear seat belts
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March 4, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate prioritized child safety on Monday with the passage of Senate Bill 1303.
Authored by Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington, the measure would require any child under the age of 17 to wear a seat belt while riding in the back seat of a vehicle. Current Oklahoma law only requires children under the age of eight and passengers in the front seat to buckle up.
“Oklahoma is the only state in the entire country that doesn’t require seat belts for kids over the age of eight, and it’s no coincidence that vehicle fatalities are the number one cause of death for children eigh...
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