Bill Title: To abolish a judgeship of the Youngstown Municipal Court; to increase from more than 100 to more than 200 the population necessary for a municipal corporation to have a mayor's court unless the municipal corporation is located entirely on an island in Lake Erie; and to provide that a conviction or guilty plea of the offense of driving a vehicle while writing, sending, or reading a text-based communication on a handheld electronic wireless communications device and a conviction or guilty plea of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import and that an adjudication for the offense of a person who is less than 18 years of age from using, in any manner, an electronic wireless communications device while driving and an adjudication of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-22 - Effective Date [HB606 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	House - Senate Amendments	2012-12-13	72	16	0	0	88	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate - Third Consideration	2012-12-12	26	6	0	0	32	Passed	Link	View
House	House - Third Consideration	2012-12-05	77	12	0	0	89	Passed	Link	View

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