Texas toddler dies after mom leaves her in a hot car for 45 minutes

No, the statutes against leaving babies in cars were the only ones I was ever referring to. I assumed everyone knew that, and that’s why I kept asking them to cite “I forgot” exceptions. It took me a while to figure out that a lot of people had no idea the unattended child statutes existed all by themselves. The level of penalty is irrelevant. I never made a claim about the level of penalty. I just said it was illegal.