File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
- Sponsored By: 
- 
Delegates Malone and Kach
- Entitled: 
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Motor Vehicles - Reading Text Message While Driving - Prohibition
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to read a text
message while operating a motor vehicle in motion or in the travel
portion of the roadway.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
-      Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/9
- Favorable Report Adopted
-      Second Reading Passed
- 3/11
- Third Reading Passed (135-2)
- 4/8
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
-      House Requests Senate Recede
-      Conference Committee Appointed
-      Delegates Malone, Stein, and Serafini
Senate Action
- 3/12
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments
-      Special Order 4/12 (Senator Harris) Adopted  (27-16)
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments
-      Special Order later today (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
-      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (17-29)
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Garagiola) Adopted  (27-20)
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (18-27)
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Stone) Adopted
-      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/8
- Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (16-31)
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (18-29)
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (12-34)
-      Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (14-33)
-      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (40-7)
- 4/9
- Senate Refuses to Recede
-      Conference Committee Appointed
-      Senators Raskin, Stone, and Forehand
Sponsored by:
- Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc.
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Motor Vehicle Operation
- Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
- Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
- Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
- Telephones
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Transportation
- (
 21-1124.1 ,
 27-101 ,
 27-101 
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
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- Bill Text:
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
 Available
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 233321/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
3:05 p.m.      Status: Adopted
- Number: 463622/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
3:01 p.m.      Status: Rejected
- Number: 523128/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
5:40 p.m.      Status: Rejected
- Number: 643022/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
5:29 p.m.      Status: Rejected
- Number: 808977/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
3:01 p.m.      Status: Adopted
- Number: 863420/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
5:43 p.m.      Status: Rejected
- Number: 953522/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
3:11 p.m.      Status: Rejected
- Number: 983626/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
3:14 p.m.      Status: Adopted
- Number: 983929/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
5:45 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 
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Committee Votes :
 
- House 
- Environmental Matters
 - Senate
- Judicial Proceedings
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House 
- March 11, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (135-2)
 - Senate
- April 6, 2010: Motion Special Order until 4/12 (Harris) Adopted  (27-16)
- April 7, 2010: Floor Amendment (Harris) {463622/1 Rejected  (17-29)
- April 7, 2010: Floor Amendment (Garagiola) {233321/1 Adopted  (27-20)
- April 7, 2010: Floor Amendment (Harris) {953522/1 Rejected  (18-27)
- April 8, 2010: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {643022/1 Rejected  (16-31)
- April 8, 2010: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {523128/1 Rejected  (18-29)
- April 8, 2010: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {863420/1 Rejected  (12-34)
- April 8, 2010: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {983929/1 Rejected  (14-33)
- April 8, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (40-7)