CHAPTER NUMBER: 544
File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Forehand and Frosh
- Entitled:
-
Motor Vehicles - Learners'
Permits and Provisional Licenses - Prohibition on Use of
a Wireless Communication
Device
While Driving
Prohibiting the holder of a learner's instructional permit or
provisional driver's license from using specified types of wireless
communication devices while operating a motor vehicle; providing for
specified exceptions; defining terms; authorizing a police officer to
enforce the Act only as a secondary action; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/14
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/26
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/15
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (33-12)
- Floor Committee Amendment (Judicial Proceedings)
- Laid Over (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted
- 3/17
- Floor Committee Amendment (Judicial Proceedings) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Klausmeier)
- Special Order 3/18 (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
- 3/18
- Floor Amendment (Senator Klausmeier) Withdrawn
- Substitute Floor Amendment (Senator Klausmeier)
- Special Order later today (Senator Frosh) Adopted
- Substitute Floor Amendment (Senator Klausmeier) Withdrawn
- Floor Amendment (Senator Klausmeier) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (15-31)
- Special Order 3-21 (Senator Schrader) Adopted
- 3/19
- Floor Amendment (Senator Schrader) Rejected
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (27-17)
- 4/7
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Forehand, Frosh, and Green
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (29-18)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (130-1)
- 4/7
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Malone, Cluster, and Montgomery
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (134-1)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/26
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 544
Sponsored by:
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.
- DRIVERS' LICENSES
- HEARINGS
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
- MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
- PENALTIES
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -see also- TELEPHONES
- TELEPHONES
- TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Transportation
- (
21-1123
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
SENATE
- Number: 013826/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 2005 at:
12:03 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 013826/03 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 2005 at:
11:24 a.m. Status: Special Ordered
- Number: 013826/04 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 2005 at:
11:52 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 103724/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2005 at:
8:30 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 458970/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 17, 2005 at:
10:38 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 608070/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 16, 2005 at:
10:23 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 893321/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 2005 at:
11:53 a.m. Status: Rejected
House
- Number: 440212/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at:
11:49 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
- Report Number: 863624/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
6:32 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 543023/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
6:33 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 16, 2005: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (33-12)
- March 18, 2005: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {893321/1 Rejected (15-31)
- March 19, 2005: Floor Amendment (Schrader) {103724/1 Rejected (17-30)
- March 21, 2005: Third Reading Passed (27-17)
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (29-18)
House
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (130-1)
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (134-1)
