File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 196
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Brochin and Forehand
- Entitled:
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Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - Prohibited Acts
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to read a text
message while operating a motor vehicle; clarifying that a specified
prohibition against a person using a text messaging device to write,
send, or read a text message while operating a motor vehicle includes
a prohibition against writing, sending, or reading an electronic
message; and repealing a provision of law that applies the text
messaging prohibition to an operator of a motor vehicle only if the
motor vehicle is in motion.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/28
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/1
- Favorable
- Special Order until 3/2 (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
- 3/2
- Favorable
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman)
- Laid Over (Senator Kittleman) Adopted
- 3/3
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Withdrawn
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (19-28)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Reilly) Rejected (11-36)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Reilly) Rejected (12-35)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (14-33)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (6-41)
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/7
- Third Reading Passed (35-11)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/8
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/30
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (114-24)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/19
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 471
Sponsored by:
- Senator James Brochin, District 42
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Motor Vehicle Operation
- Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
- Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
- Telephones
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Transportation
- (
21-1124.1
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
Senate
- Number: 383727/01 Offered on: March 3, 2011 at:
10:57 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 493122/01 Offered on: March 3, 2011 at:
10:37 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 643329/01 Offered on: March 3, 2011 at:
10:48 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 713123/01 Offered on: March 3, 2011 at:
11:06 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 903228/01 Offered on: March 3, 2011 at:
10:36 a.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 903228/02 Offered on: March 3, 2011 at:
11:10 a.m. Status: Rejected
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Committee Votes :
Senate
- Judicial Proceedings
House
- Environmental Matters
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 3, 2011: Floor Amendment (Kittleman) {493122/1 Rejected (19-28)
- March 3, 2011: Floor Amendment (Reilly) {643329/1 Rejected (11-36)
- March 3, 2011: Floor Amendment (Reilly) {383727/1 Rejected (12-35)
- March 3, 2011: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {713123/1 Rejected (14-33)
- March 3, 2011: Floor Amendment (Kittleman) {903228/2 Rejected (6-41)
- March 7, 2011: Third Reading Passed (35-11)
House
- March 31, 2011: Third Reading Passed (114-24)
