On Saturday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into a law a bill that will change current regulations for child passenger safety seats. The law will go into effect Aug. 1.

Starting in August, any child younger than 2 years old must be restrained in a rear-facing child safety seat until the child reaches its weight or height limit. Any child who is older than 2 years old and has outgrown the rear-facing child safety seat must be restrained in a forward-facing child safety seat with an internal harness, until the child reaches its weight or height limit.

Any child who is at least 4 years old and has outgrown the forward-facing safety seats must be restrained by a belt-positioning booster seat secured with a safety belt.

Finally, any child who is at least 9 years old, or has outgrown the booster seat, can use the car’s adult seat belt if it fits correctly on the child’s body.

Any children under the age of 13 must be in a rear seat, when it is available.

State Sen. Gregory Tarver Sr. (D-Shreveport) authored the legislation as Senate Bill 76.