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IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 09, 2025
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Passed House
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Signed into Law
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.
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- Apr 09, 2025 | House
- In Messages
- Apr 09, 2025 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 7
- Immediately certified
- Apr 03, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- Apr 02, 2025 | Senate
- CS by Rules read 1st time
- Apr 01, 2025 | Senate
- CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- Now in Rules
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- Mar 21, 2025 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Mar 10, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
- Mar 07, 2025 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- Mar 06, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
- Feb 26, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 1318 FiledHTML
- S 1318 c1HTML
- Committee Amendment 128554 (Withdrawn 3/26/2025) -- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Grall)PDF
- Committee Amendment 639304 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/1/2025) -- Rules (Grall)PDF
- Committee Amendment 860910 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/1/2025) -- Rules (Grall)PDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Transportation (Pre-Meeting) (3/10/2025 6:02 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Transportation (Post-Meeting) (3/12/2025 3:03 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Pre-Meeting) (3/25/2025 1:07 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Post-Meeting) (3/27/2025 2:13 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/31/2025 7:57 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (4/1/2025 6:23 PM)