10/25/2017
What do you think about this new law in Texas for 2017?? Would you break the window?
Children Left in Hot Cars
[HB 478]
House Bill 478, which took effect on September 1st, 2017, states that a person who, by force or otherwise, enters a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a vulnerable individual (i.e., child) from the vehicle is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from that entry or removal.
Essentially, they cannot be sued for damages if they had good faith and reasonable belief, based on known circumstances, that entry into the motor vehicle is necessary to avoid imminent harm to the individual.
From 1998-2016, there have been at least 107 children in Texas alone who’ve died after being left in a hot car.