A bill set to be introduced in the next Alabama Legislative session would require daycare facilities to contact parents if a child doesn’t arrive in the morning.

Rep. Randy Wood, R-Anniston, pre-filed the Cash Edwin Jordan Act, named for the 11-month old Oxford boy who died last September after being left in a car outside an Oxford car dealership. His death was the second hot-car related child fatality in the state last year. Castiel King, 2, died in July when police say he slipped out of his Dothan house and got trapped in the family’s vehicle.

Wood’s bill would require daycare facilities to call parents or guardians if the child is not at the center by 9:30 a.m. and they haven’t been notified of the absence.

According to KidsandCars.org, more than 940 children have died in hot cars nationwide since 1990, including 53 last year. Almost 90 percent of the children who died from vehicular heat stroke were age 3 and younger and more than half were younger than one. In 56 percent of the cases, the children were unknowingly left in the vehicle by their parent or guardian.

To prevent the deaths, the organization recommends making it a habit to always open a vehicle’s back door when parking; placing an essential item such as a purse or phone in the back seat; and asking child care providers to call if a child isn’t dropped off.