File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Prior Year Introduction As:
HB 380/08 - ENV
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates F. Turner and Waldstreicher and Delegates Barkley, Bartlett,
Beidle, Bobo, Branch, Cardin, V. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Doory, Eckardt, Frick,
Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Heller, Hixson, Holmes,
Howard, Hubbard, King, Kirk, Kramer, Krebs, Krysiak, Lee, Levy, Mathias,
McDonough, McHale, Miller, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy,
Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice,
Ross, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Vallario,
Vaughn, Walker, Weir, Cane, Carr, Glenn, Healey, Hucker, Niemann, Norman, and
Stein
- Entitled:
-
The Delegate John Arnick Electronic Communications Traffic Safety Act
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to write or
send a text message while operating a motor vehicle in motion or in
the travel portion of the roadway; specifying exceptions for use of a
global positioning system, or text messaging to contact a 9-1-1
system; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/19
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 1/23
- Hearing 2/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (133-2)
- 4/8
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Malone, Frush, and Stull
- 4/10
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/30
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 4/7
- Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
- 4/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later today (Senator Stone) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/7
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-4)
- 4/8
- Motion Recede (Senator Frosh) Adopted
- Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- Senate Recede
- Third Reading Passed (43-4)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/7
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 195
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
- Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
- Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
- Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
- Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
- Delegate James J. King, District 33A
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19
- Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28
- Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
- Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
- Delegate H. Wayne Norman, District 35A
- Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
- Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
- Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
- Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
- Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
- Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A
- Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
- Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
- Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties; Sentences; etc.
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Motor Vehicles -see also- Aband Veh; Ambulances; Buses; etc.
- Penalties
- Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
- Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
- Telephones
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Transportation
- (
21-1124.1 ,
27-101
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 200512/01 Offered on: March 31, 2009 at:
10:22 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 103125/01 Offered on: April 10, 2009 at:
12:56 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 618471/01 Offered on: April 13, 2009 at:
3:14 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 28, 2009: Third Reading Passed (133-2)
Senate
- April 7, 2009: Third Reading Passed (43-4)
- April 8, 2009: Third Reading Passed (43-4)