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SB 160 Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Holding handheld personal communications devices while driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 136 and SB 944 and is identical to HB 874.
FULL TEXT
- 12/19/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100741D pdf
- 01/23/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106310D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108445D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB160ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 12/19/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100741D
- 12/19/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/23/20 Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/23/20 Senate: Incorporates SB136 (Stuart)
- 01/23/20 Senate: Incorporates SB944 (Saslaw)
- 01/23/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106310D-S1
- 01/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/20 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106310D-S1
- 01/28/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB160S1
- 01/29/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-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 reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108445D-H1
- 02/24/20 House: Read second time
- 02/25/20 House: Read third time
- 02/25/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108445D-H1
- 02/25/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB160H1
- 02/25/20 House: Passed House with substitute (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/25/20 House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Title replaced 20108445D-H1
- 03/03/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB160ER)
- 03/03/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 03/31/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (effective 1/1/21)
- 03/31/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)