Florida House Bill 41 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Finance & Tax Council
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Creates "Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law"; prohibits operation of motor vehicle while using wireless communications device for certain purposes; provides for enforcement as secondary action; provides for assessment of points against driver's license for unlawful use of wireless communications device resulting in crash.

Use of Wireless Communications Device/Driving

Rep. Janet Adkins [R]	Rep. Mary Brandenburg [D]	Rep. Ronald Brise [D]	Rep. Jennifer Carroll [R]
Rep. Charles Chestnut [D]	Rep. Clay Ford [R]	Rep. Luis Garcia [D]	Rep. Richard Glorioso [R]
Rep. Eduardo Gonzalez [R]	Rep. Bill Heller [D]	Rep. Doug Holder [R]	Rep. Edward Homan [R]
Sen. Ed Hooper [R]	Rep. Evan Jenne [D]	Rep. Martin Kiar [D]	Sen. John Legg [R]
Rep. Janet Long [D]	Rep. Debbie Mayfield [R]	Rep. Charles McBurney [R]	Rep. Peter Nehr [R]
Rep. Mark Pafford [D]	Rep. Ari Porth [D]	Sen. Kevin Rader [D]	Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]
Rep. Yolly Roberson [D]	Rep. Elaine Schwartz [D]	Rep. Richard Steinberg [D]	Sen. Perry Thurston [D]
Rep. Alan Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-30		Died in Finance & Tax Council
2010-03-16		Original reference(s) removed: Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); CS referred to Finance & Tax Council; Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council -HJ 00300; Now in Finance & Tax Council
2010-03-15		CS read 1st time on 03/15/10 -HJ 00276; Pending review of CS under Rule 7.20
2010-03-10		CS by Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA); YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 00280
2010-03-08		PCS on Committee agenda-- Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA), 03/10/10, 8:30 am, 404-H
2010-03-02		Introduced, referred to Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA); Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council -HJ 00012; On Committee agenda-- Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA), 02/17/10, 9:00 am, 404-H --Workshopped
2010-02-10		On Committee agenda-- Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA), 02/17/10, 9:00 am, 404-H --Workshopped
2009-10-01		Referred to Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA); Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council
2009-07-29		Filed

H0221 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 971 (Ch. 2010-223)
H0323 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA)
H0893 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA)
S0168 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation
S0244 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S0324 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S0326 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation
S0328 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation
S0374 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation
S0522 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages
S0592 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation
S0934 (Similar To) 2010-01-06 - Withdrawn prior to introduction
S1144 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 971 (Ch. 2010-223)
S0448 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages
S2514 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
0316	304		Amended Code	See Bill Text
0316	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text
0322	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Tab=session&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0041&Chamber=House&Year=2010
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb004100.html&Directory=session/2010/House/bills/billtext/html/
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb004101c1.html&Directory=session/2010/House/bills/billtext/html/