BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5487: Cell phone use while driving

Restricting use of wireless communications devices in moving motor vehicles.

Summary

Provides that any person operating a moving motor vehicle while holding a wireless communications device to his or her ear is guilty of a traffic infraction.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the use of a wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5487 (2025–26) Agricultural overtime · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5487 (2023–24) Parking at rest areas · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5487 (2021–22) School consolid. incentives · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5487 (2019–20) Personal caregiver access · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5487 (2017–18) Retired teachers as mentors · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5487 (2015–16) Higher ed programs/UW, WSU · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5487 (2013–14) Persistent offenders · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5487 (2011–12) Eggs and egg products · Enacted · Chapter 306, Laws of 2011