2007 House Bill 4536: Expand auto child seat mandates

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Introduced by Rep. Kathy Angerer (D) on March 28, 2007, to require child safety booster seats for children between four- and eight-years old who are under 4-feet 9-inches tall and weigh less than 80 pounds.
- Referred to the House Transportation Committee on March 28, 2007.
  - Reported in the House on June 21, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on June 26, 2007, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not include references to a child's weight. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 26, 2007.
Passed 101 to 7 in the House on June 27, 2007, to require child safety booster seats for children between four- and eight-years old who are under 4-feet 9-inches tall.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Received in the Senate on June 28, 2007.
- Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on June 28, 2007.

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1) Excellent Post by Anonymous Citizen on August 18, 2008
But I think that the speed should be lowered to about 25 with the death penalty for anyone exceeding it by more than 5 mph. After all, it's "for the children". How can anyone be against that? You would have to be a child hater to be against something like this.
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2) Only the first step! by Anonymous Citizen on August 15, 2008
Booster seats are fine, but cars are still deathtraps for our precious young ones! I propose the following regulations for future safety mandates:
1) padded body armor
2) 5 point safety belts
3) lowering the speed limit on ALL Michigan roads to no greater than 35 mph (this is perhaps the most important)
4) mandatory helmet laws for all occupants of automobiles
5) increase safety regulations on the auto industry mandating titanium "tubs" for all autos, similar to the A-10 Warthogs our brave pilots fly into combat. This may "slightly" increase the cost of these autos, but it's a small price to pay, in my opinion!
6) hypo-alergenic perforated (for enhanced airflow) "bean" bags/ cushions. similar to airbags, but always deployed. The concept is simple. If we pack our fragile fine antiques in secure bubble wrap when shipping them, why would we not endeavor to do the same with our infinitely more irreplaceable children!?

We can do it Michigan!
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3) Ignorance Is The Problem by Anonymous Citizen on October 5, 2007
You Say..
"We are the first Democracy and a living experiment"

You Couldn't be more wrong. We are not a democracy, never was and was never meant to be. The problem is that ignorance is letting us slip that way. Democracy is just mob rule. In your democracy once any group gets to 51% of the population they can vote to exterminate all the rest. Maybe they will be kind and just bleed us of all our money through taxes, fees etc. Oh, wait, that's what the dems/libs/socialists are doing now.
Do yourself a favor and look up "constitutional republic"

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