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2019 SESSION
SB 1768 Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, etc.
Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Use of handheld personal communications devices; highway work zones; penalty. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation is punishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits only the reading of an email or text message on the device and manually entering letters or text in the device as a means of communicating, with the same exceptions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/19 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104680D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106291D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106921D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1768ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/29/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/18/19 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104680D
- 01/18/19 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 (11-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106291D-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 19106291D-S1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1768S1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/06/19 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/07/19 House: Referred from Transportation by voice vote
- 02/07/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/13/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106921D-H1
- 02/19/19 House: Read second time
- 02/20/19 House: Read third time
- 02/20/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106921D-H1
- 02/20/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1768H1
- 02/20/19 House: Passed House with substitute (82-Y 16-N 1-A)
- 02/20/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 16-N 1-A)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/21/19 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/21/19 House: House insisted on substitute
- 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 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
- 02/23/19 House: Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 20-N)
- 02/23/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 20-N)
- 03/07/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1768ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/26/19 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 4-N)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 3-N)
- 04/03/19 House: Speaker ruled Governor's recommendation s not germane
- 04/03/19 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/03/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
- 04/29/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 849 (effective 7/1/19)
- 04/29/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849)