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HB 1606 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Handheld personal communications devices; use of devices in highway work zones.

Summary
Prohibits any person from texting or otherwise using a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, defined in the bill, when workers are present. The bill adds an exemption to the prohibition against using a handheld personal communications device in a moving motor vehicle for an operator of a vehicle who activates, deactivates, or initiates a factory-installed feature or function on the vehicle.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2017 Last action Feb 21, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1606E
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100696D
legislature
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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