SPONSOR: Bangert
Currently, an individual 21 years of age or younger is prohibited from sending, reading, or writing a text message or electronic message from a hands-held electronic wireless communications device while operating a moving motor vehicle on any highway in this state. This bill prohibits anyone operating a moving noncommercial motor vehicle, regardless of age, from these activities and from making or taking part in a phone call unless the device is equipped with technology allowing for hands-free operation or equipped for voice-recognition hands-free texting and is being used in that manner.
Drivers of commercial vehicles are currently prohibited from driving while using a hand-held mobile telephone
This bill is the same as HB 50 (2019).
Statutes affected: