Staff Report A new child passenger safety law comes into effect Thursday. Louisiana has long had a law stating that all drivers and passengers, regardless of which seat they occupy in a vehicle, must wear a seat belt or be properly restrained in a child safety seat that is properly installed. However, codified laws for child safety in cars were not nearly as specific as they now will be. This decision by state legislators to make a law for child passenger safety that is more directly tied to a car seat’s height and weight limits stems from 110 children below the ...