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MO HB1234

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/10/2012

Primary Sponsor

T.J. Berry

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals and replaces section 306.220, RSMo, known as "Hannah's Law"
  • Requires all persons under age eight to wear a United States Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device while on any watercraft in Missouri waters
  • Expands requirement to include wading or swimming in navigable public waters more than three feet in depth
  • Makes it a class C misdemeanor for any person to allow a child under age eight to be on a watercraft or in deep public waters without wearing an approved personal flotation device
  • Exempts children in fully enclosed parts of a watercraft that prevent them from falling out, and exempts children supervised by a lifeguard

Legislative Description

Requires a child younger than eight years of age to wear a personal flotation device when on a watercraft and when wading or swimming in public water deeper than three feet

Last Action

Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

1/19/2012

Committee Referrals

Crime Prevention And Public Safety1/19/2012

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