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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
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100741D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103709D-S1 (Stuart) pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200108D-H1 pdf
- 03/09/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1335ER) pdf
- 03/25/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100741D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/21/21 Senate: Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103709D-S1 (Stuart)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Stuart agreed to 21103709D-S1
- 01/26/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1335S1
- 01/27/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation by voice vote
- 02/09/21 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
- 02/16/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200108D-H1
- 02/22/21 House: Read second time
- 02/23/21 House: Read third time
- 02/23/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200108D-H1
- 02/23/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1335H1
- 02/23/21 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Title replaced 21200108D-H1
- 03/09/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1335ER)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/25/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/25/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)