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State Defeats Bill That Would Have Let Kids RIDE BICYCLES ALONE
Leaving a child unsupervised outside for a few minutes can still be illegal in Arkansas.
A state legislative committee rejected a bill this month that would have prevented parents from being charged with neglect for leaving a child outside alone.
According to the summary, Senate Bill 305 was designed to “protect a parent or guardian’s decision to grant his or her children unsupervised time to engage in activities that include without limitation playing outside, walking to school, bicycling, remaining briefly in a vehicle, and remaining at home.”
It was designed to prevent investigations of parents who leave children alone for short periods of time, Reason reported. The bill would have allowed a child to remain unsupervised in a car for 15 minutes “if the temperature inside the vehicle is not or will not become dangerously hot or cold.”
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“This just simply says that kids walking home from a park and kids being left in a car in good weather for a few minutes is not a criminal act,” the bill’s sponsor, Republican state Sen. Alan Clark (R-Hot Springs), said.
Despite that, the House Judiciary Committee rejected the legislation earlier this month after it had passed the Senate, Reason reported.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/state-defeats-bill-that-would-have-let-kids-ride-bicycles-alone/
