Bill 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-31 - Indefinitely Postpone [HB8 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Introduced	2023-01-20	PDF	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Adopt	2023-04-04	Proposed	PDF	Link	View
House AMD/SUB	2023-04-04	Proposed	PDF	Link	View
House AMD/SUB	2023-04-04	Proposed	PDF	Link	View
House Reported Favorably	2023-03-22	Proposed	PDF	Link	View
House Public Safety and Homeland Security AMD/SUB	2023-03-22	Proposed	PDF	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
Fiscal Note	As Introduced	Not Avail	PDF	Link	View
Fiscal Note	As Passed First Chamber Committee	Not Avail	PDF	Link	View