Bill Text: IN SB0018 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Texting while driving.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - Senators Kruse and Lanane added as coauthors [SB0018 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0018-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-13-2; IC 9-21-8-58; IC 9-24-11-0.5.
Synopsis: Texting while driving. Provides that it is a Class C
infraction if a person uses a telecommunications device to transmit a
text message or electronic mail message while operating a moving
motor vehicle. Repeals current definition of "telecommunications
device".
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
(1) wireless telephone;
(2) personal digital assistant;
(3) pager; or
(4) text messaging device.
1, 2010]: Sec. 58. A person may not use a telecommunications
device to transmit a text message or electronic mail message while
operating a moving motor vehicle.