The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is alerting Hawaiʻi parents and others responsible for transporting keiki about the passage of Act 122 (22).
Act 122 amends requirements for child passenger restraint by requiring rear facing child safety seats for children less than two years of age and increases the age in which a child must use a passenger restraint or booster seat to 10 years old. Raised fines for certain violations will also be implemented.
Act 122 Overview
(1) If the child is under two years of age, the child must be properly restrained in a rear-facing car seat with harness.
(2) If a child is two years or older but less than four years old, the child must be properly restrained in a rear-facing or forward-facing car seat with harness.
(3) All children under ten years old must be properly restrained regardless of how many seat belt assemblies are in the vehicle.
(4) Violators of the law will be required by the court to attend a child passenger safety class approved by the Hawaii State Judiciary.
An electronic copy of the new law that took effect on June 27, 2022, can be found at https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/GM1223_.PDF
For more information on child passenger safety and for information on local child safety seat inspection sites, please visit the Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition website at www.kipchawaii.org
