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SB 932 Handheld personal communications devices; use in school zones and school property, exception, etc.
Introduced by: Jennifer A. Kiggans | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Use of handheld personal communications devices; school zones and school property; penalty. Adds school crossing zones and school property to the locations in which a driver is prohibited from holding a handheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation is punishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits (i) 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 and (ii) the holding of a handheld personal communication device in a highway work zone, with the same exceptions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20104574D pdf
- 01/28/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20104574D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20104574D
- 01/10/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/23/20 Senate: Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/20 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/20 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/28/20 Senate: Amendments by Senator Kiggans agreed to
- 01/28/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB932E
- 01/28/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20104574D-E
- 01/29/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 1-N)
- 02/03/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/20 House: Read first time
- 02/03/20 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/11/20 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
- 02/17/20 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Left in Transportation