---
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).