Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, etc. (SB1768)
Introduced By
Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Use of handheld personal communications devices; highway work zones; penalty. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation is punishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits only the reading of an email or text message on the device and manually entering letters or text in the device as a means of communicating, with the same exceptions. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/18/2019 | Presented and ordered printed 19104680D |
01/18/2019 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/23/2019 | Rereferred from Transportation (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2019 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
01/24/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1768) |
01/30/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
01/30/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19106291D-S1 |
02/01/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1768S1) |
02/04/2019 | Read second time |
02/04/2019 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/04/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19106291D-S1 |
02/04/2019 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1768S1 |
02/04/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2019 | Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
02/06/2019 | Read first time |
02/06/2019 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
02/06/2019 | Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 |
02/07/2019 | Referred from Transportation |
02/07/2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/08/2019 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
02/13/2019 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
02/13/2019 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) |
02/15/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19106921D-H1 |
02/19/2019 | Read second time |
02/20/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1768H1) |
02/20/2019 | Read third time |
02/20/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19106921D-H1 |
02/20/2019 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1768H1 |
02/20/2019 | Passed House with substitute (82-Y 16-N 1-A) |
02/20/2019 | VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 16-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | Delegates: Collins, Bell, R.B., Bourne |
02/21/2019 | Passed by temporarily |
02/21/2019 | House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | House insisted on substitute |
02/21/2019 | House requested conference committee |
02/21/2019 | Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/21/2019 | Senators: Stuart, Chafin, Obenshain |
02/21/2019 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/21/2019 | Delegates: Collins, Bell, Robert B., Bourne |
02/23/2019 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/23/2019 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2019 | Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 20-N) |
02/23/2019 | VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 20-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2019 | Enrolled |
03/07/2019 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1768ER) |
03/07/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
03/09/2019 | Signed by President |
03/11/2019 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019 |
03/11/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 |
03/12/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1768ER) |
03/26/2019 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
04/03/2019 | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | Speaker ruled Governor's recommendation s not germane |
04/03/2019 | Communicated to Governor |
04/03/2019 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019 |
04/29/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 849 (effective 7/1/19) |
04/29/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849) |