US Congress Senate Bill 1536 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Avoiding Life-Endangering and Reckless Texting by Drivers Act of 2009 or the ALERT Drivers Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 25% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds for the fiscal year if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that: (1) prohibits, except in an emergency, an operator of a motor vehicle from writing, sending, or reading a text message using a hand-held mobile telephone (excluding a voice-activated device); and (2) requires, upon conviction of a violation of such prohibition, the imposition of certain minimum penalties.

ALERT Drivers Act

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-29		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB3535 (Related) 2009-09-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
HB3829 (Related) 2009-10-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
HB4153 (Related) 2009-11-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
HB5097 (Related) 2010-04-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1536/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1536/BILLS-111s1536is.pdf