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2016 SESSION
HB 461 Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, penalty.
Introduced by: Richard L. Anderson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving; penalty. Expands the prohibition on manually entering multiple letters or text in a handheld communications device while operating a motor vehicle to also prohibit the manual selection of multiple icons and removes the condition that such manual entry is prohibited only if performed as a means of communicating with another person. The bill prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from reading any information displayed on the device; current law prohibits reading an email or text message. The bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to reading any information displayed through the use of a global position system for the purposes of navigation. The bill eliminates the current exemption from the prohibition on using a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle when the vehicle is stopped or not moving; the current exemption from the prohibition when the vehicle is parked is not affected.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100911D
- 01/08/16 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/15/16 House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
- 01/15/16 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/29/16 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/08/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Transportation by voice vote