HB 675 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

License restrictions for minors; use of handheld personal communications devices.

Summary
License restrictions for minors; use of handheldpersonal communications devices. Clarifies that the prohibitionon the use of a wireless communications device by the holder of aprovisional driver's license applies whether or not the device isbeing used for communication purposes. The bill exempts the use ofapplications for solely navigation purposes and global positioningsystems provided that the driver does not enter information into or manually manipulate the device or system while operating the vehicle.
Bill status failed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Last action Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
Senate insisted on amendment (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator McClellan agreed to
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101547D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Roxann Robinson
RRepublican
VA
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