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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1616: Stopped vehicle/electronics

Authorizing drivers to use personal electronic devices while a motor vehicle is temporarily stationary.

Summary

  • Revises the definition of "driving," for purposes of this act, to exclude a vehicle that is temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 25, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Representative (R-26)
Introduced
January 25, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020

AN ACT Relating to authorizing drivers to use personal electronic devices while a motor vehicle is temporarily stationary;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Representative (R-26)

4 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 3 Republicans)

Jim Walsh R-19Matt Shea R-4Ed Orcutt R-20Mike Chapman D-24

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 1616 in other sessions

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

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