VA HB652 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Text messaging and emailing while driving; penalty. Allows police officers to issue citations to violators who text message or email while operating a moving motor vehicle. Currently, police officers must have cause to stop or arrest a driver for some other violation before issuing a citation.
Title
Handheld personal communications devices; penalty if text messaging and emailing while driving.
Sponsors
| Del. David Albo [R] | Del. David Bulova [D] | Del. Kaye Kory [D] | Del. Vivian Watts [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-14 | House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety | |
| 2012-01-25 | House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2 | |
| 2012-01-11 | House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety | |
| 2012-01-11 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100394D |
Subjects
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB652 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB652+hil |
