Bill Text: NH HB1446 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-04 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 198-100 02/04/2016 House Journal 11 P. 19 [HB1446 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1446-Introduced.html
HB 1446 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2360
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1446
AN ACT relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tamburello, Rock. 5; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. Simmons, Hills. 17; Rep. Scontsas, Hills. 30; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving to a secondary action when another offense is cited or charged or when a driver is involved in an accident.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2360
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Use of Mobile Electronic Devices While Driving. Amend RSA 265:79-c by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Enforcement of this section by law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been cited or charged with a violation or some other offense or when a driver is involved in an accident.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
