FL S0246 | 2015 | Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill 246 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 1 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-01 - Died in Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Revising penalties for violations of the Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law to include enhanced penalties for such violations when committed in a school zone or school crossing; removing the requirement that specified provisions be enforced as a secondary action by a law enforcement agency, etc.

Title

Texting While Driving

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-01	Senate	Died in Transportation
2015-04-01	Senate	Now in Transportation
2015-03-31	Senate	Favorable by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
2015-03-26	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 03/31/15, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
2015-03-03	Senate	Introduced
2015-01-15	Senate	Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Transportation; Fiscal Policy
2015-01-07	Senate	Filed

Same As/Similar To

H0001 (Similar To) 2015-04-28 - Died in Highway and Waterway Safety Subcommittee
S0192 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died in Transportation
H1313 (Similar To) 2015-04-28 - Died in Highway and Waterway Safety Subcommittee

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
316	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Florida State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/246
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0246/BillText/Filed/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0246/Amendment/919764/HTML