MADISON, Wis. (SPECTRUM NEWS) - Under current Wisconsin law, kids can start using front-facing car seats at one year old, or when they reach twenty pounds. However, some parents believe that a rear-facing safety seat for as long as possible is the right thing.

That's why state representatives Chris Taylor and Ron Tusler introduced new legislation that would make it mandatory until a child is at least two years old. Representative Tusler says protecting his fifteen-month-old daughter Madeline is always his priority. 

"I only have so much time to balance my life and my job and I appreciate clarity in knowing how to protect my daughter Madeline and any children I might have," Tusler says.

The American Academy of Pediatricians says children are at least twice as safe in rear-facing car seats, compared to front-facing ones. 

Dr. Dipesh Navsaria says, "when children are in a rear-facing car seat, fatal injuries drop and significant injuries drop."

Megan Nelson of Beloit says her son, Drew, had a rear-facing car seat until he was four. "Our son has always been very small for his age, so we always had questions about car seats and when to turn it around and we thought 'What would be most comfortable to him?'" If there was legislation in place to educate Wisconsin families about the dangers of facing forwards and the benefits of facing backward, I think it would go a long way to support our families," she says.

Right now, fifteen states and Washington D.C. require children under the age of two to ride in a rear-facing safety seat.

The proposal needs to be sent to lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate. Representatives Tusler and Taylor hope to have an answer on if it will pass by early next spring.