North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H368: Revise Child Passenger Restraint Systems Law.
Status: Introduced, June 16, 2026
What the bill says
An act to revise the law regarding the mandatory use of child passenger restraint systems and to add arbitration requirements for uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle liability policies.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAW REGARDING THE MANDATORY USE OF CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND TO ADD ARBITRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY POLICIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 20-137.1 reads as rewritten: "§ 20-137.1. Child restraint systems required. (a) Every driver who is transporting one or more passengers of less than 16 years of age shall have all such passengers properly secured in a child passenger restraint system or seat belt which meets federal standards applicable at the time of its manufacture. For purposes of this section, a "child passenger restraint system" means any device designed to restrain or position a child in a motor vehicle, including a booster seat. (a1) A child less than eight years of age and less than 80 pounds in weight 57 inches in height shall be properly secured in a weight-appropriate height and weight appropriate child passenger restraint system. In vehicles equipped with an active passenger-side front air bag, if the vehicle has a rear seat, a child less than five years of age and less than 40 pounds in weight shall be properly secured in a rear seat, unless the child restraint system is designed for use with air bags. If system as follows: (1) Beginning as a …
Sponsors
- Loftis, Donnie (R, 109) · primary sponsor
- Penny, Howard (R, 53) · primary sponsor
- Ross, Stephen M. (R, 63) · primary sponsor
- Scott, Paul (R, 111) · primary sponsor
- Greene, Dudley (R, 85)
- Pickett, Ray (R, 93)
- Pike, Joseph (R, 6)
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9)
- Ward, Bill (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Com Substitute Adopted
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Regular Message Received From House
- : Regular Message Sent To Senate
- : Passed 3rd Reading
Votes
- Revise Child Passenger Restraint System Law. Second Reading (April 29, 2025): 113 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: MINORS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, PUBLIC, SAFETY, SEATBELTS & RESTRAINTS, NEWBORNS & INFANTS, MOTOR VEHICLES
Common questions
- What is H368?
- H368 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Revise Child Passenger Restraint Systems Law.
- What does H368 do?
- In its own words: An act to revise the law regarding the mandatory use of child passenger restraint systems and to add arbitration requirements for uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle liability policies.
- What is the status of H368?
- Introduced as of June 16, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (June 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored H368?
- Loftis, Donnie (R, 109), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H368?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H368
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