DeSantis signs bill to protect children from hot car deaths
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis signed seven bills Friday, including one that declares April as “Hot Car Death Prevention Month.”
The bill is named after 10-month-old Ariya Paige from Baker County. She died after being left in her babysitter’s SUV for five hours on one of the hottest days of July 2023.
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Last year in Florida, eight children died after being left in a hot car. Florida leads the nation when it comes to hot car deaths.
Ariya’s family pushed for this law, to help save other children.
“We felt like if we could commemorate A’s with the safety of other children s...
