Virginia Senate Bill 160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)
Status: Passed on March 31 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Holding handheld personal communications devices while driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Richard Stuart [R]	Sen. George Barker [D]
Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]
Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]
Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. William Stanley [R]

2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) (Y: 32 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N) (Y: 69 N: 29 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (18-Y 4-N) (Y: 18 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)
2020-03-31		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (effective 1/1/21)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-03	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB160ER)
2020-03-03	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-26	Senate	Title replaced 20108445D-H1
2020-02-26	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N)
2020-02-25	House	VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N)
2020-02-25	House	Passed House with substitute (69-Y 29-N)
2020-02-25	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB160H1
2020-02-25	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108445D-H1
2020-02-25	House	Read third time
2020-02-24	House	Read second time
2020-02-20	House	Committee substitute printed 20108445D-H1
2020-02-20	House	Reported from Transportation with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2020-02-11	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
2020-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-02-03	House	Read first time
2020-02-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
2020-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB160S1
2020-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106310D-S1
2020-01-28	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106310D-S1
2020-01-23	Senate	Incorporates SB944 (Saslaw)
2020-01-23	Senate	Incorporates SB136 (Stuart)
2020-01-23	Senate	Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
2019-12-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2019-12-19	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100741D

SB136 (Similar To) 2020-01-23 - Incorporated by Transportation
SB944 (Similar To) 2020-01-23 - Incorporated by Transportation
HB874 (Same As) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250)

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB160
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB160+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB160S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB160H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB160ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0543+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S11V0019+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0184SB0160+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0224SB0160+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1902V0048+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H19V0142+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1355+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1117SB0160+SB0160