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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1335 Learner's permits; use of personal communication devices, restrictions.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Learner's permits; use of personal communications device. Eliminates the provisions prohibiting a holder of a learner's permit or a holder of a provisional driver's license from operating a vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device. Such provisions were specific only to the holder of a learner's permit or a provisional driver's license. Under a different current law, all drivers, including those with a learner's permit or a provisional driver's license, are prohibited from holding a handheld personal communications device while operating a vehicle.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Learner's permits; use of personal communications device. Eliminates the provision prohibiting a holder of a learner's permit to operate a vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device. Such provision was specific only to the holder of a learner's permit. Under a different current law, all drivers, including those with a learner's permit, are prohibited from holding a handheld personal communications device while operating a vehicle.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Learner's permits; use of personal communications device. Makes all use, except in a driver emergency or when the vehicle is lawfully parked or stopped, of a personal communications device by a holder of a learner's permit a primary offense. Current law creates a primary offense for holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle.