SB 1341 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving.

Summary
Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits only the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (i) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio; or (ii) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Last action Feb 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 4, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (70-Y 29-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1341S1
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106056D-S1
upper
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104282D
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors