Handheld personal communications devices; use of devices in highway work zones. (HB1606)
Introduced By
Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Use of handheld personal communications devices in highway work zones. Prohibits any person from texting or otherwise using a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, defined in the bill, when workers are present. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/03/2017 | Committee |
01/03/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100696D |
01/03/2017 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/17/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1606) |
01/26/2017 | Reported from Transportation with amendments (19-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
01/27/2017 | Read first time |
01/30/2017 | Passed by for the day |
01/31/2017 | Read second time |
01/31/2017 | Committee amendments agreed to |
01/31/2017 | Engrossed by House as amended HB1606E |
01/31/2017 | Printed as engrossed 17100696D-E |
02/01/2017 | Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) |
02/01/2017 | VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/02/2017 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
02/15/2017 | Reported from Transportation with amendment (9-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2017 | Read third time |
02/20/2017 | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to |
02/20/2017 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
02/20/2017 | Passed by temporarily |
02/20/2017 | Motion to reconsider rerefer to Courts of Justice agreed to (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2017 | Previous question ordered (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2017 | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (24-Y 16-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2017 | Left in Courts of Justice |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 28 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
AT 6:00 P.M. SO ON BEHALF OF MY CO-HOST FOR THAT EVENT WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. GENTLEMAN FROM ROCKRIDGE, MR. CLINE.Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst): THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. RISE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN INTRODUCTION.
[Unknown]: GENTLEMAN MAY PROCEED.