Virginia Senate Bill 1768 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 29 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Use of handheld personal communications devices; highway work zones; penalty. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation is punishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits only the reading of an email or text message on the device and manually entering letters or text in the device as a means of communicating, with the same exceptions.

Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, etc.

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 4-N) (Y: 33 N: 4 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 3-N) (Y: 34 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 20-N) (Y: 77 N: 20 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 16-N 1-A) (Y: 82 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-29		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849)
2019-04-29		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 849 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-04-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
2019-04-03	Senate	Communicated to Governor
2019-04-03	House	Speaker ruled Governor's recommendation s not germane
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 3-N)
2019-04-03	Senate	Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 4-N)
2019-03-26	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2019-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
2019-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2019-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1768ER)
2019-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-23	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 20-N)
2019-02-23	House	Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 20-N)
2019-02-23	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
2019-02-23		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2019-02-21	House	Delegates: Collins, Bell, Robert B., Bourne
2019-02-21	House	Conferees appointed by House
2019-02-21	Senate	Senators: Stuart, Chafin, Obenshain
2019-02-21	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2019-02-21	Senate	Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-21	House	House requested conference committee
2019-02-21	House	House insisted on substitute
2019-02-21	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2019-02-21	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2019-02-20	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 16-N 1-A)
2019-02-20	House	Passed House with substitute (82-Y 16-N 1-A)
2019-02-20	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1768H1
2019-02-20	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106921D-H1
2019-02-20	House	Read third time
2019-02-19	House	Read second time
2019-02-15	House	Committee substitute printed 19106921D-H1
2019-02-15	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
2019-02-08	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-02-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-02-07	House	Referred from Transportation by voice vote
2019-02-06	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-04	Senate	Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1768S1
2019-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19106291D-S1
2019-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19106291D-S1
2019-01-30	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2019-01-23	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2019-01-23	Senate	Rereferred from Transportation (11-Y 0-N)
2019-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2019-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19104680D

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?191+sum+SB1768
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1768+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1768S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1768H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1768ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0849+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S11V0030+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0189+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0313SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0355SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0383SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0801V0148+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H08V0353+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3155+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0957SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0998SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1096SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3354+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1150SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1151SB1768+SB1768
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1149SB1768+SB1768