AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
Summary
Restores law enforcement discretion, allowing officers to issue a verbal warning when appropriate or pursue misdemeanor or felony charges in more egregious cases where a child is left unattended in a motor vehicle.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 20, 2026
Signed Jun 23, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2026
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 23, 2026
Signed into law
06/23/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 8, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Jun 5, 2026
Committee
06/05/2026 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
06/04/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 2, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 9, 2026
Committee
04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 20, 2026
Introduced
03/20/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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