SB995
Motor vehicles, certain; use of handheld personal communication devices.
Summary
As Introduced. Use of handheld personal communication devices in certain motor vehicles.
Clarifies the penalty structure for a first offense and a second or subsequent offense of using a handheld personal communication device in certain motor vehicles, as well as the mandatory fine for a violation within a highway work zone, to accommodate the Supreme Court's case management system. The bill contains ... (More) technical amendments. This bill is declarative of existing law and is identical to HB 2014. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102526D
- 01/06/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/11/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB995)
- 01/26/2023 - Senate: Reported from Transportation (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2023 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/2023 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/08/2023 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/08/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/09/2023 - House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/14/2023 - House: Read third time
- 02/14/2023 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB995ER)
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/16/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/17/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB995ER)
- 03/02/2023 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 558 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/26/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)
