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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5456"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5456 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Seatbelts", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-09"
+last_action: "2017-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eca0169-9b6f-480a-99be-129b355a03d6"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "6e3b5ac00099999c68a820c8aa269bf6323a9235dec1bb9bcffa2e3354470d3f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5456 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5456.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-09** 02/09/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2017)
+- **2017-03-08** 03/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/03/2017)
+- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/10/2017)
+- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eca0169-9b6f-480a-99be-129b355a03d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+