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2018 SESSION
HB 244 Public utilities; cell phones, bill notice.
Introduced by: Terry L. Austin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public utilities; cell phones; bill notice. Requires any public utility providing commercial mobile radio service to persons whose billing address is within the Commonwealth to include with each bill a notice stating: "It is unlawful for any person to text or use a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone when workers are present." The measure also provides that, for purposes of the provision imposing such requirement, a provider of commercial mobile radio service is a public utility.
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HISTORY
- 01/02/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103203D
- 01/02/18 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/25/18 House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/18 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Commerce and Labor