Virginia House Bill 180 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on December 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Distracted driving; penalty. Expands the prohibition on manually entering multiple letters or text in a handheld communications device while operating a motor vehicle to also prohibit the manual selection of multiple icons and removes the condition that such manual entry is prohibited only if performed as a means of communicating with another person. The bill prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from reading any information displayed on the device; current law prohibits reading an email or text message. The bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to reading any information displayed through the use of a global positioning system for the purpose of navigation. The bill eliminates the current exemption from the prohibition on using a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle when the vehicle is stopped or not moving; the current exemption from the prohibition when the vehicle is parked is not affected.

Distracted driving; penalty.

Del. Christopher Collins [R]

Del. Hala Ayala [D]

Del. David Reid [D]

2018-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (7-Y 0-N)
2018-01-30	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-12-23	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-12-23	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101408D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1078.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	868	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	869.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB180
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB180+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0125+HB0180