AL HB8 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-05-31 - Indefinitely Postpone
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 20 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-05-31 - Indefinitely Postpone
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Sections 32-5A-350, 32-5A-351, and 32-5A-352, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 32-5A-350.1 and 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-359, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide prohibitions on the use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, with exceptions; to further provide criminal penalties; to provide exemptions; to distribute a portion of any fines collected to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for the purchase of devices to enable substantially hands-free voice-based communications in a motor vehicle and to provide the devices to certain low-income families in the state; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Title
Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Sections 32-5A-350, 32-5A-351, and 32-5A-352, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 32-5A-350.1 and 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-359, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide prohibitions on the use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, with exceptions; to further provide criminal penalties; to provide exemptions; to distribute a portion of any fines collected to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for the purchase of devices to enable substantially hands-free voice-based communications in a motor vehicle and to provide the devices to certain low-income families in the state; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Sponsors
| Rep. Randy Wood [R] |
Roll Calls
2023-04-04 - House - Carry Over to the Call of the Chair (Y: 56 N: 41 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - Adopt (Y: 91 N: 4 NV: 6 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - Adopt (Y: 56 N: 34 NV: 11 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - Adopt (Y: 91 N: 4 NV: 6 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - Adopt (Y: 56 N: 34 NV: 11 Abs: 4) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | House | Indefinitely Postpone |
| 2023-04-04 | House | Amendment Withdrawn |
| 2023-04-04 | House | Adopt TUJH19-1 |
| 2023-04-04 | House | Adopt CP2KWQ-1 |
| 2023-04-04 | House | Carry Over to the Call of the Chair |
| 2023-04-04 | House | AMD/SUB IFG76W-1 |
| 2023-04-04 | House | AMD/SUB 1G55LZ-1 |
| 2023-04-04 | House | On Third Reading in House of Origin |
| 2023-03-22 | House | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| 2023-03-22 | House | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| 2023-03-22 | House | Reported Favorably from House Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| 2023-03-22 | House | Amendment/Substitute by House Public Safety and Homeland Security QCM214-1 |
| 2023-01-20 | House | Introduced and Referred to House Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| 2023-01-20 | House | Prefiled |
