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Buckle Up: New Law In CT Will Require Backseat Passengers To Strap In Buckle Up: New Law In CT Will Require Backseat Passengers To Strap In
Buckle Up: New Law In CT Will Require Backseat Passengers To Strap In Click it, or ticket. Beginning in the fall, adult passengers in the back seats of vehicles traveling in Connecticut will be required to buckle up under new legislation signed into law by Gov. Ned Lamont. On Monday, July 12, Lamont signed “Public Act 21-175” which will require all passengers, no matter where they are sitting, to wear a seat belt as part of a State Department of Transportation bill that passed with bipartisan support. The legislation takes effect as of Friday, Oct. 1. Connecticut is now the 32nd state to require all passengers to buckle up, regardless of where they are posit…