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2012 SESSION
HB 874 Handheld personal communications devices; penalty if text messaging and emailing while driving.
Introduced by: Thomas Davis Rust | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Text messaging and emailing while driving; penalty. Allows police officers to issue citations to violators who text message or email while operating a moving motor vehicle. Currently, police officers must have cause to stop or arrest a driver for some other violation before issuing a citation.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100124D
- 01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/25/12 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
- 02/14/12 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety