CS/SB 416: Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving
GENERAL BILL by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Detert; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Margolis; Lynn; Altman; Sachs; Sobel
Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving; 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.
Senate Committee References: Transportation (TR) , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU) , Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations (BTA) , Budget (BC)
Last Action: 03/09/2012 Died on Calendar
Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 10/04/2011 | Senate | • Filed |
| 11/02/2011 | Senate | • Referred to Transportation; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Budget -SJ 37 |
| 11/22/2011 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 12/07/11, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building |
| 12/07/2011 | Senate | • Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 110 |
| 12/08/2011 | Senate | • Now in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities -SJ 110 |
| 12/21/2011 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building |
| 01/10/2012 | Senate | • Introduced -SJ 37 |
| 01/12/2012 | Senate | • CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -SJ 135 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 01/13/2012 | Senate | • CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 161 |
| 01/18/2012 | Senate | • Now in Budget -SJ 135 |
| 01/19/2012 | Senate | • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 255 • Now in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations |
| 01/23/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations, 01/26/12, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building |
| 01/26/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -SJ 279 • Now in Budget -SJ 279 |
| 02/16/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 02/21/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 20 NAYS 1 -SJ 671 |
| 02/22/2012 | Senate | • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671 |
| 03/09/2012 | Senate | • Died on Calendar |
