2017 House Bill 4901

Mandate automakers install overheated back seat alert systems

Introduced in the House

Sept. 6, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D-16)

To mandate that automakers install in new cars “a system to alert the operator to check the back seat after the vehicle's motor is deactivated,” reportedly as a means to prevent children or animals from being locked in a too-hot car.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure