Rules
Primary
Traffic Offenses; Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising penalty provisions relating to the use of wireless communications devices in a handheld manner in certain circumstances; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing, etc.
Died in Messages
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Immediately certified
CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 7
In Messages
Read 3rd time
Read 2nd time
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
CS by Rules read 1st time
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Now in Rules
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Introduced
On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 1318 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 1318 c1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 860910 - Amendment to S 1318 Filed | PDF HTML |
| 639304 - Amendment to S 1318 Filed | PDF HTML |
| 128554 - Amendment to S 1318 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (4/1/2025 6:23 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/31/2025 7:57 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Post-Meeting) (3/27/2025 2:13 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Pre-Meeting) (3/25/2025 1:07 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Transportation (Post-Meeting) (3/12/2025 3:03 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Transportation (Pre-Meeting) (3/10/2025 6:02 PM) |
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