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SB1341

Handheld personal communications devices; prohibition on holding while driving.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Richard Stuart (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

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 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