Relating to motor vehicles; to add Section 32-5A-350.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the prohibition against using a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle; to further provide for the prohibition; to further provide exceptions; to further provide criminal penalties for a violation; to provide a warning period for a violation; to amend Section 32-5A-351, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the assessment of administrative penalties; to repeal Section 32-5A-350, Code of Alabama 1975; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Summary
Motor vehicles, wireless telecommunications devices, restrictions on use while driving, provided
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced May 9, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 24, 2023 · House Jun 6, 2023
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 34
May 24, 2023
D
Democratic8
62% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
lower
May 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
lower
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Judiciary)
upper
May 9, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Judiciary)
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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