SB1341
Handheld personal communications devices; prohibition on holding while driving.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving.
Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits only the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld ... (More) personal communications devices that are being held and used (i) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (ii) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104282D
- 01/08/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/17/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1341)
- 01/23/2019 - Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2019 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/30/2019 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106056D-S1
- 02/01/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1341S1)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106056D-S1
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1341S1
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/08/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/2019 - House: Read first time
- 02/08/2019 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/2019 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/11/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/2019 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/2019 - House: Read second time
- 02/20/2019 - House: Read third time
- 02/20/2019 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/2019 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/2019 - House: Passed House with amendment (70-Y 29-N)
- 02/20/2019 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (70-Y 29-N)
- 02/21/2019 - Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N)
- 02/21/2019 - House: House insisted on amendment
- 02/21/2019 - House: House requested conference committee
- 02/21/2019 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2019 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/2019 - Senate: Senators: Stuart, Chafin, Obenshain
- 02/21/2019 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/2019 - House: Delegates: Collins, Bell, Robert B., Bourne
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/23/2019 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 19107730D-S2
- 02/23/2019 - House: Conference report rejected by House (40-Y 52-N)
- 02/23/2019 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (40-Y 52-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/23/2019 - House: House requested second conference committee
- 02/23/2019 - House: Second conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/2019 - House: Delegates: Collins, Bell, Robert B., Bourne
- 02/24/2019 - Senate: No further action taken
- 02/24/2019 - Senate: Failed to pass in Senate
