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2020 SESSION
HB 874 Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Holding handheld personal communications devices while driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill incorporates HB 377, HB 387, HB 512, and HB 1672 and is identical to SB 160.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101920D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106899D-H1 pdf
- 02/13/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108193D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB874ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101920D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/15/20 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106899D-H1
- 01/30/20 House: Incorporates HB512 (Bulova)
- 01/30/20 House: Incorporates HB387 (Edmunds)
- 01/30/20 House: Incorporates HB1672 (Ware)
- 01/30/20 House: Incorporates HB377 (Willett)
- 02/03/20 House: Read first time
- 02/04/20 House: Read second time
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106899D-H1
- 02/04/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB874H1
- 02/05/20 House: Read third time and passed House (72-Y 24-N)
- 02/05/20 House: VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/13/20 Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108193D-S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108193D-S1
- 02/18/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB874S1
- 02/18/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 7-N)
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/18/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108193D-S1 (71-Y 26-N)
- 02/20/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N)
- 02/25/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB874ER)
- 02/25/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- 03/03/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- 03/10/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 250 (effective 1/1/21)
- 03/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250)