File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 30/06 - ENV
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Shewell (By Request) and Delegates Bartlett, McComas, Minnick, and
Stull
- Entitled:
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Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless Communication Devices
While Driving - Prohibitions
Establishing the offense of distracted driving; prohibiting a driver
of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless communication
device; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit who
is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using a
wireless communication device; prohibiting the driver of a motor
vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a
wireless communication device; providing for exceptions to the
prohibitions of the Act; etc.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 1/24
- Hearing 2/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/27
- Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Tanya Shewell, District 5A
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6
- Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Motor Vehicles -see also- Aband Veh; Ambulances; Buses; etc.
- Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
- School Buses
- Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
- Telephones
- Traffic Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Transportation
- (
21-901.1 ,
21-1124 ,
21-1124.1
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
