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Michigan Passes Booster Seat Law - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm signed legislation that will require the use of approved booster seats for children who are between the ages of four and eight and less than 4 feet 9 inches tall. The bill takes effect July 1.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia require child safety seats, which secure children younger than 4 in cars, but 12 states have no law requiring booster seats, which are used by children who've outgrown child safety seats but are too small for lap-and-shoulder belts. Twenty-one states require booster seats for children up to age 6. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia require them until 8.