Florida Senate Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibits the use of a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehicle except when using a headset or hands-free device. Provides for enforcement only as a secondary offense, etc.

Heather's Law/Cellular Telephone Use in Vehicles [CPSC]

Sen. Dan Gelber [D]	Sen. Anthony Hill [D]	Sen. Alfred Lawson [D]	Sen. Gary Siplin [D]
Sen. Christopher Smith [D]	Sen. Eleanor Sobel [D]	Sen. Frederica Wilson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-30		Died in Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
2010-04-02		On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 04/07/10, 8:00 am, 301-S --Meeting cancelled
2010-03-25		Now in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities -SJ 00344
2010-03-24		Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 4 NAYS 2 -SJ 00344
2010-03-19		On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/24/10, 1:15 pm, 37-S
2010-03-02		Introduced, referred to Transportation; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00026
2009-12-09		Referred to Transportation; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations
2009-10-05		Filed

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Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Tab=session&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0244&Chamber=Senate&Year=2010
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0244.html&Directory=session/2010/Senate/bills/billtext/html/