FL S0416 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on October 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died on Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on October 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died on Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Creating the "Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law"; prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device for certain purposes; specifying information that is admissible as evidence of a violation; providing penalties; providing for enforcement as a secondary action; providing for points to be assessed against a driver's license for the unlawful use of a wireless communications device within a school safety zone or resulting in a crash, etc.
Title
Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving
Sponsors
| Rep. Thad Altman [R] | Senate Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Committee | Sen. Nancy Detert [R] | Sen. Evelyn Lynn [R] |
| Sen. Gwen Margolis [D] | Sen. Maria Sachs [D] | Sen. Eleanor Sobel [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-09 | Died on Calendar | |
| 2012-02-22 | Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671 | |
| 2012-02-21 | Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 20 NAYS 1 -SJ 671 | |
| 2012-02-16 | On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building | |
| 2012-01-26 | Now in Budget -SJ 279 | |
| 2012-01-26 | Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -SJ 279 | |
| 2012-01-23 | On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations, 01/26/12, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building | |
| 2012-01-19 | Now in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations | |
| 2012-01-19 | Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 255 | |
| 2012-01-18 | Now in Budget -SJ 135 | |
| 2012-01-13 | CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 161 | |
| 2012-01-12 | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) | |
| 2012-01-12 | CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -SJ 135 | |
| 2012-01-10 | Introduced -SJ 37 | |
| 2011-12-21 | On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building | |
| 2011-12-08 | Now in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities -SJ 110 | |
| 2011-12-07 | Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 110 | |
| 2011-11-22 | On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 12/07/11, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building | |
| 2011-11-02 | Referred to Transportation; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Budget -SJ 37 | |
| 2011-10-04 | Filed |
