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2019 SESSION
SB 1341 Handheld personal communications devices; prohibition on holding while driving.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits only the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (i) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (ii) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104282D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106056D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference substitute printed 19107730D-S2 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
- Conference amendments rejected
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104282D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/23/19 Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/30/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106056D-S1
- 02/01/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106056D-S1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1341S1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/08/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/19 House: Read first time
- 02/08/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/11/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Read second time
- 02/20/19 House: Read third time
- 02/20/19 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/19 House: Passed House with amendment (70-Y 29-N)
- 02/20/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (70-Y 29-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N)
- 02/21/19 House: House insisted on amendment
- 02/21/19 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senators: Stuart, Chafin, Obenshain
- 02/21/19 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/19 House: Delegates: Collins, Bell, Robert B., Bourne
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/23/19 Senate: Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/23/19 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference substitute printed 19107730D-S2
- 02/23/19 House: Conference report rejected by House (40-Y 52-N)
- 02/23/19 House: VOTE: REJECTED (40-Y 52-N)
- 02/23/19 House: House requested second conference committee
- 02/23/19 House: Second conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/19 House: Delegates: Collins, Bell, Robert B., Bourne
- 02/24/19 Senate: No further action taken
- 02/24/19 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate