Indiana Senate Bill 18 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Engrossed on February 17 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
Pending: House Roads and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Provides that it is a Class C infraction for a person to use a telecommunications device to type, transmit, or read a text message or electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. Allows a person to use hands free or voice operated technology to transmit a text message or electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides, for purposes of the prohibition against using a telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, that "telecommunications device" does not include: (1) amateur radio equipment operated by a person licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as an amateur radio operator; or (2) a communications system installed in a commercial vehicle weighing more than 10,000 pounds. Prohibits a police officer from confiscating a telecommunications device for the purpose of determining compliance or confiscating a telecommunications device and retaining it as evidence pending trial for the violation.

Handheld communication devices while driving.

Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]	Sen. John Broden [D]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]
Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Timothy Lanane [D]	Sen. Dorothy Landske [R]
Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Greg Taylor [D]

2011-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 29 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28		First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
2011-02-17		Senator Landske added as coauthor
2011-02-17		House sponsor: Rep. Koch
2011-02-17		Referred to the House
2011-02-17		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 141: yeas 29 and nays 21
2011-02-15		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-02-14		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-01-27		Senator Alting added as coauthor
2011-01-20		Senator Broden added as coauthor
2011-01-18		Senator Lanane added as coauthor
2011-01-11		Senator Grooms added as coauthor
2011-01-05		Senators Kruse, Merritt, Randolph and Taylor added as coauthors
2011-01-05		Senator Charbonneau added as second author
2011-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2011-01-05		Authored by Senator Holdman

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0018
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0018.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0018.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0141.PDF.pdf