HR374 Summary

• Designates Representative Ron Bolton of Northport as the recipient of the 2025 Shroud Award (Earl Mitchell Memorial Plaque) for House Bill 18.

• House Bill 18, titled "The Strap 'Em Down and Buckle 'Em Up Special," would have revised weight and age ranges for child passenger restraint systems in vehicles.

• The award is presented humorously through a narrative comparing the legislative session to an auto race, with over 600 bills competing but only a handful advancing.

• Three notable bills "competed" in the race: HB 489 (Name-Image-Likeness program for high school athletes), HB 277 (Second Amendment tax holiday for guns and ammunition), and HB 18 (child restraint requirements).

• The Shroud Award honors legislation that failed to pass, named after former Representative Earl Mitchell who created the tradition at the funeral home he managed in Northport.