Handheld personal communications devices; penalty if text messaging and emailing while driving. (SB219)
Introduced By
Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Text messaging and emailing while driving; penalty. Allows police officers to issue citations to violators who text message or email while operating a moving motor vehicle. Currently, police officers must have cause to stop or arrest a driver for some other violation before issuing a citation. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 |
01/10/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102224D |
01/10/2012 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/17/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (SB219) |
01/18/2012 | Reported from Transportation (8-Y 5-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
01/20/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2012 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/23/2012 | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to |
01/23/2012 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
02/06/2012 | Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2012 | Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2012 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2012 | Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2012 | Placed on Calendar |
02/13/2012 | Read first time |
02/13/2012 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
02/15/2012 | Assigned MPPS sub: #2 |
02/16/2012 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
03/10/2012 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Comments
While I applaud and heartily support the intent of this b1ll- a $20 or $50 fine is not going to be enough to deter, and is a joke. There should be a $100 fine; initially, and for subsequent violations, 1 driving point. Make it worthwhile for police officers to make it worth their effort to pull over those who have such little disregard for the lives of the people they endanger each time they choose to text and drive.