Booster seat bill SB 61 advances to Perry in Texas
The Texas Senate approved SB 61 requiring booster seats for children under eight or under 4 feet 9 inches, sending the measure to Governor Perry. The bill would impose a 25 dollar fine from June 2010 for noncompliance, escalate to 250 dollars for later violations, and aims to reduce injuries among ages four to eight by improving restraint use.
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Texas House expands CHIP eligibility and tightens cell phone laws
The House voted 87 to 55 to send a CHIP expansion bill to the Senate, raising eligibility to 300 percent of the federal poverty level and setting a sliding scale for those between 200 and 300 percent. A separate pair of bills seeks to curb cell phone use in school zones and prohibit under-18 texting while driving with emergency exceptions. Other measures include preserving college names honoring historic Texans and a Senate vote allowing genetic sample retention from newborn screening with opt-out and strict privacy safeguards.
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