Appendix C. 2005 Distracted Driving Legislation |
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State |
Bill Number |
Bill Summary |
Status as of July 2005 |
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Alaska |
HB 12 |
Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while watching a television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video screen, or other devices that produce entertainment or business applications. Prohibits the installation of such devices where it can be viewed by the driver while the vehicle is in motion. Provides exceptions for vehicle information displays, GPS displays, mapping displays, visual displays that enhance the driver's view, and interlock devices. |
Active |
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Alabama |
HB 620 |
Specifies that the existing prohibition of televisions forward of the drivers seat includes satellite video entertainment broadcasts, VCR or DVD transmissions or replays, or any other similar video entertainment presentations. |
Active |
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HB 574 |
Prohibits any person age17 or younger from talking on a wireless phone while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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Arizona |
SB 45 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions if the motor vehicle is parked, the person is contacting law enforcement or emergency personnel, or the driver is performing official duties as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, ambulance driver or emergency medical technician. |
Inactive |
|
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HB 2159 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency personnel, CDL holders operating commercial vehicles, public transit personnel, emergency situations, people reporting reckless or negligent behavior, and certain other people. Enforced as a secondary offense. |
Active |
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California |
AB 963 |
Prohibits drivers with provisional driver's license from using a cell phone or other similar equipment while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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SB 681 |
Prohibits hand-held phone use while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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Colorado |
HB 1137 |
Prohibits the use of a mobile communications device while operating a motor vehicle by any person who holds a temporary instruction permit or minor's instruction permit. |
Enacted |
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Connecticut |
SB 567 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Inactive |
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SB 334 |
Prohibits school bus drivers from using a mobile telephone while operating a school bus. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Inactive |
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HB 6584 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Also prohibits driver use of a mobile electronic device to perform any personal computer function, send or receive any electronic mail, play any video game or digital video disk, or take or transmit any digital photograph. |
Inactive |
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SB 725 |
Prohibits the use of cell phones while driving. |
Inactive |
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SB 326 |
Prohibits hand-held phone use while operating a motor vehicle. |
Inactive |
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SB 821 |
Clarifies law regarding video monitors in motor vehicles. Allows closed video monitors to be used by drivers for backing up a vehicle if the screen goes blank within 15 seconds after the vehicle is shifted out of reverse. |
Inactive |
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SB 51 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Inactive |
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HB 5085 |
Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while operating a school bus. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Inactive |
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HB 6722 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Prohibits the use of phones while operating a school bus. Prohibits drivers with only a learner's permit from using a cell phone while driving. Prohibits drivers from engaging in activities unrelated to the operation of a motor vehicle. |
Enacted |
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Delaware |
HB 128 |
This bill prohibits driving a motor vehicle with a television capable of receiving any prerecorded visual presentation unless the television is behind the driver’s seat or not visible to the driver while he or she is operating the motor vehicle. |
Active |
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HB 63 |
Prohibits minors with a learner's permit from using a cell phone or similar device while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Enacted |
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Georgia |
HR 536 |
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to give the Public Service Commission authority to make rules and regulations to determine under which circumstances the use of mobile telecommunications devices by a driver is lawful. Provides enforcement for such rules. |
Active |
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Hawaii |
SB 20 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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SB 1034 |
Companion to HB 299. Prohibits the operation on a public highway of any vehicle that is equipped with an LCD panel or video monitor that is located at any point forward of the driver's seat. Provides exceptions for vehicle information, system control, rear or side observation or navigation. Also exceptions if the television or LCD panel can be used only if the gear is in park and the parking brake is engaged. |
Active |
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HB 299 |
Prohibits the operation on a public highway of any vehicle that is equipped with an LCD panel or video monitor that is located at any point forward of the driver's seat. Provides exceptions for vehicle information, system control, rear or side observation or navigation. Also exceptions if the television or LCD panel can be used only if the gear is in park and the parking brake is engaged. |
Active |
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HB 88 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Imposes $200 fine for offense. |
Active |
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Illinois |
SB 210 |
Prohibits drivers who hold an instruction permit or a graduated license from using a wireless phone while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Enacted |
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HB 563 |
Prohibits anyone under age 19 from using a mobile telephone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 21 |
Prohibits drivers who hold an instruction permit from using a wireless phone while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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SB 1485 |
Provides that a person may not operate a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle. Creates exceptions. Provides that a person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a first offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within one year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a third or subsequent offense within one year of two previous convictions. |
Active |
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HB 960 |
Prohibits visual media technology other than navigational systems from being located at any point in a motor vehicle where it is visible to the driver. |
Active |
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Indiana |
SB 343 |
Prohibits the use of mobile telephones while driving. Violations are punishable by a $1,000 fine. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. A person who observes a violation of this provision on an interstate highway or state highway may report the violation to the state police department or the sheriff's department in the county. Upon receipt of a report, the state police or sheriff's department shall issue a notice to the owner of the vehicle, stating the particulars of the violation, that the offense of operating a vehicle while using a mobile phone had been observed, and that the offense is punishable by a $1,000 fine. |
Active |
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HB 1508 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency personnel and situations. |
Active |
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Kansas |
HB 2216 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency personnel. |
Active |
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Maine |
HP 401/LD 525 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency personnel. |
Active |
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Maryland |
HB 45 |
Creates the offense of distracted driving. A person is guilty of distracted driving if the person drives a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner resulting in the unsafe operation of the motor vehicle where the inattention is caused by the person's reading, writing, personal grooming, interacting with pet animals, adjusting cargo or engaging in other activity that distracts the person's attention. Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Prohibits school bus drivers from using an interactive wireless device while carrying passengers when the vehicle is in motion. Prohibits holders of a learner's instructional permit from using any interactive wireless device while driving. |
Active |
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HB 591 |
Prohibits operation of television-type equipment in front of the driver's seat or in area that is visible to the driver while a vehicle is in use. |
Active |
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SB 50 |
Prohibits drivers with only an instructional permit or provisional permit from using an interactive wireless device while operating a vehicle. |
Enacted |
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HB 394 |
Prohibits drivers with learner's instructional permits and provisional driver's licenses from using a wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle. Provides an exception for contacting a 9-1-1 system. |
Enacted |
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Massachusetts |
HB 2051 |
Prohibits the use of mobile telephones while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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SB 1968 |
Provides that a person who holds a junior operator’s license shall not use a mobile telephone while driving. Provides that a violation of this section shall be punishable by a suspension of a junior operator’s license for not more than one year and a fine of not more than $100. |
Active |
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SB 1868 |
Provides that a person who holds a junior operator’s license shall not use a mobile telephone while driving. In addition, it provides that a violation of this section shall be punishable by a suspension of a junior operator’s license for not more than one year and fine of not more than $100. |
Active |
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HB 2177 |
Prohibits video devices in certain locations within a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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HB 2133 |
Proposes prohibiting the use of certain communication devices while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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HB 2067 |
Prohibits the use of citizens' band radios and mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles. |
Active |
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HB 2046 |
Prohibits the use of a cellular telephone by junior operators while driving. |
Active |
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HB 2035 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held cell phones by persons operating motor vehicles. |
Active |
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Michigan |
SB 131 |
Prohibits the public display of pornography in motor vehicles. |
Active |
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Minnesota |
HF 140 |
Prohibits drivers under age 18 who have a provisional license or instruction permit from using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Enacted |
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SB 1191 |
Prohibits holders of provisional driver's licenses or instructional permits from using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 1402 |
Prohibits drivers with instruction permits or probationary licenses from using a mobile phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 18 |
Prohibits the use of a hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Enforced as a secondary offense. |
Active |
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SB 152 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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Mississippi |
SB 2294 |
Prohibits school bus drivers from using a cell phone while driving. |
Inactive |
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HB 1145 |
Prohibits the installation or use of a television in a motor vehicle within the view of the driver. |
Inactive |
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SB 2089 |
Prohibits the display of obscene or patently offensive videos in motor vehicles. |
Inactive |
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HB 467 |
Creates a misdemeanor offense of causing a motor vehicle accident while using a cell phone or similar device. Convictions are punishable by fines of up to $1,000. |
Inactive |
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HB 464 |
Preempts all local laws related to inattentive driving and cell phones and driving. |
Inactive |
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HB 465 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Violations are punishable with a $150 fine for first offense, a $300 fine for a second offense, and a $500 fine and jail time for a third and subsequent offense. |
Inactive |
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HB 466 |
Prohibits holders of learner's permits from using a cell phone or interactive wireless device while driving. |
Inactive |
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SB 2421 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Imposes $500 fine for convictions for violations. |
Inactive |
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Montana |
HB 432 |
Amends the state careless driving law by creating an offense if a driver is involved in an accident while using a cell phone. Offenses are punishable by fines that range up to $1,000. |
Inactive |
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HB 504 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. |
Active |
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North Carolina |
SB 102 |
Prohibits drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 1104 |
Prohibits the use of mobile telephones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations and personnel and for drivers who are using hands-free devices. Prohibits school bus drivers from using a cell phone while operating the school bus. Prohibits drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving. |
Active |
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Nebraska |
LB 213 |
Prohibits the use of a hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Punishable by fines not to exceed $100. |
Active |
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LB 621 |
Creates a rebuttable presumption of negligence if a driver is using a mobile phone and is involved in a crash. |
Active |
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New Hampshire |
HB 165 |
Prohibits a holder of a youth operator's license from using any type of cell phone while driving. |
Active |
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New Jersey |
SB 2306 |
Amends current New Jersey cell phone law to specify that fines for violations are $150. |
Active |
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New Mexico |
SB 86 |
Modifies current prohibitions on televisions in the front seat area of motor vehicles to include prohibitions on a video receiver's viewers, screens, monitors or sources of television or video signal, broadcast or recorded entertainment or business applications that are visible to the person operating the motor vehicle. Prohibits installation of such devices. Provides exceptions for navigation systems, vehicle information displays, mapping systems, and safety systems. |
Active |
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New York |
AB 4399 |
Prohibits dialing a phone while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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AB 23 |
Prohibits the use of all cellular or wireless telephones while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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SB 656 |
Assigns a penalty of two points against the driving record of drivers who operate a motor vehicle while using a mobile telephone. |
Active |
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SB 3499 |
Prohibits the use of mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold learner's permits. |
Active |
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AB 6682 |
Provides that drivers who cause accidents that result in serious physical injury or death while talking on a cellular phone shall be subject to criminal penalties like those to which drivers who cause serious physical injury or death while driving under the influence are subject. |
Active |
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AB 6447 |
Prohibits the use of video monitors and related equipment in the front seat area of a motor vehicle, but provides exceptions for emergency vehicles and public utility vehicles. |
Active |
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AB 517 |
Requires police motor vehicle accident reports to include information about whether cellular or digital PCS telephones were present in vehicles and whether the use of such devices are known or suspected as a contributing factor in such an accident. |
Active |
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SB 675 |
Identical to AB 1577. Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle if a video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar device that produces entertainment or business applications is located in the motor vehicle within view of the driver. The provisions of this bill do not apply to a vehicle information display; a global positioning display; a mapping display; a visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; or to any motor vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside assistance. Also does not apply to a television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal if such equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a visual display as described above. It also does not apply to a self-contained motor home that is longer than 21 feet. |
Active |
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SB 287 |
Identical to AB 517. Requires motor vehicle accident reports to include information about whether cellular or digital PCS telephones were present in the vehicle and whether such phones were suspected as a contributing cause to the accident. |
Active |
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AB 1577 |
Identical to SB 625. Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle if a video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar device that produces entertainment or business applications is located in the motor vehicle within view of the driver. The provisions of this bill do not apply to a vehicle information display; a global positioning display; a mapping display; a visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; or to any motor vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside assistance. The legislation also does not apply to a television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal if such equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a visual display as described above. It also does not apply to a self-contained motor home that is longer than 21 feet. |
Active |
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AB 613 |
Prohibits the use of hands-free mobile telephone by operator of a motor vehicle who is age 21 or younger. |
Active |
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AB 594 |
Assigns one point to the driving record of anyone who operates a motor vehicle while using a mobile telephone. |
Active |
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AB 595 |
Amends existing cell phone law to allow hand-held cell phone use only by drivers age 18 and older. |
Active |
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SB 1310 |
Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle with a video monitor that is forward of the driver's seat that plays prerecorded programming or other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications. |
Active |
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Ohio |
HB 274 |
Prohibits drivers who hold a temporary instruction permit without exception from operating a motor vehicle while simultaneously operating a mobile telephone unless the motor vehicle is stationary. Prohibits all drivers from using hand-held phones, but allows exceptions for emergency situations. Creates the offense of inattentive driving, which includes the use of any device not necessary for the operation of the motor vehicle, including a computer or fax, attending to personal hygiene, eating or drinking, physically attending to a passenger, and watching a television or video display located in the vehicle. Requires the State Highway Patrol to compile monthly data and statistics on motor vehicle accidents in which mobile telephone use was a factor. |
Active |
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SB 157 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Prohibits a driver who holds a temporary instruction permit from using any cell phone while driving. Creates the offense of inattentive driving, which includes a prohibition on activities unrelated to the operation of a motor vehicle, including using a computer or fax machine, attending to personal hygiene, eating or drinking, physically attending to a passenger, and watching a television or video display. Requires the highway patrol to compile monthly data on motor vehicle accidents in which a mobile telephone was a material factor. |
Active |
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Oregon |
HB 2811 |
Amends current restriction on televisions in motor vehicles to prohibit "image display devices" in locations forward of the driver's seat. Provides exceptions for navigation systems, systems related to the operation of the vehicle, and systems related to the sound system, radio or other systems in the vehicle. |
Active |
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Pennsylvania |
SB 675 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 539 |
Prohibits school bus drivers from using a cell phone. Provides exception for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 945 |
Provides that drivers may use cellular telephones only on highways that have a speed limit of no more than 25 miles per hour. |
Active |
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SB 662 |
Prohibits school bus drivers from using a cell phone while driving. |
Active |
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HB 1130 |
Amends Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes by defining the term "mobile phone," prohibiting the use of mobile phones in a school zone, and imposing a penalty for such offense. |
Active |
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HB 1776 |
Prohibits drivers with a learner's permit or junior driver's license from using a mobile phone while operating a vehicle. Provides exceptions for reporting an accident or emergency. |
Active |
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Rhode Island |
SB 165 |
Prohibits the display of videocassette players within the view of the operator of a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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HB 5049 |
Prohibits inattentive driving. Enforceable as a secondary offense. |
Active |
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HB 5048 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones and earphones that cover both ears while operating a motor vehicle or bicycle. Fines for violations range from $35 for a first offense to $140 for a third or subsequent. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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SB 482 |
Prohibits driver and bicyclist use of earphones and headsets that cover both ears and hand-held mobile phones. Prohibits drivers age 18 and younger from using any mobile phone. |
Active |
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HB 5069 |
Prohibits the use of cell phones in motor vehicles by a person under age 18 if the person is either a driver or a passenger. |
Active |
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Tennessee |
SB 1875 |
Creates distracted driving offense, which is defined as the act of inattentive driving that results in the unsafe driving of a motor vehicle when the unsafe operation of the vehicle is caused by reading, writing, performing personal grooming, interacting with pets or unsecured cargo, using a computer, using personal communications technologies or engaging in any other activity that causes distraction. Creates offense of aggravated distracted driving if the driver distraction results in a crash that results in serious bodily injury. Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Prohibits school bus drivers from using any cell phone while driving. Prohibits drivers who hold a learner's permit or intermediate license from using any wireless phone while driving. Prohibits televisions and other video screens forward of the driver's seat, but provides some exceptions for navigation systems and similar displays. |
Active |
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SB 1561 |
Prohibits DVDs from being shown in the driver's view while the vehicle is in motion. Companion to HB 1694. |
Active |
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SB 523 |
Companion to HB 572. Prohibits drivers of trucks and truck tractors with gross vehicle weight ratings of 16,000 pounds or more from using a hand-held phone while the vehicle is in motion. Violations are punishable by a fine of $1,500. |
Active |
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HB 572 |
Prohibits operators of trucks and tractor trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of over 16,000 pounds from using a hand-held cell phone while driving. Violations are punishable by a fine of $1,500. Companion to SB 523. |
Active |
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SB 36 |
Prohibits drivers with only a learner's permit or intermediate license from using a cell phone while driving. Violations are punishable by a $100 fine and delayed eligibility for the next license type. |
Enacted |
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HB 1655 |
Companion to SB 1674. Prohibits the use of hand-held cell phones by drivers who are transporting passengers for a fee. |
Active |
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SB 1674 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones by drivers who are transporting passengers for a fee. Companion to HB 1655. |
Active |
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HB 1694 |
Prohibits DVDs from being shown in the driver's view while the vehicle is in motion. Companion to SB 1561. |
Active |
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HB 2141 |
Creates distracted driving offense which is defined as the act of inattentive driving that results in the unsafe driving of a motor vehicle when the unsafe operation of the vehicle is caused by reading, writing, performing personal grooming, interacting with pets or unsecured cargo, using a computer, using personal communications technologies, or engaging in any other activity which causes distraction. Creates offense of aggravated distracted driving if the driver distraction results in a crash that results in serious bodily injury. Prohibits use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Prohibits school bus drivers from using any cell phone while driving. Prohibits drivers who hold a learner's permit or intermediate license from using any wireless phone while driving. Prohibits televisions and other video screens forward of the driver's seat, but provides some exceptions for navigation systems and similar displays. |
Active |
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HB 2054 |
Prohibits driver with a learner's permit or intermediate driver's license from using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle. Violations are a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine and delayed eligibility for next license type. Companion to SB 36. |
Inactive |
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Texas |
SB 1257 |
Prohibits driver under age 18 from using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle during the 6 month period following the original issuance of a Class A, B, or C license. Prohibits driver under age 17 from using a wireless communication device while operating a motorcycle during the 6 month period following the initial license issuance. Prohibits school bus drivers from using a cell phone while operating a school bus. |
Enacted |
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HB 1251 |
Prohibits the use of cell phone while operating a school bus. |
Active |
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SB 1775 |
Creates the offense of using a telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone. |
Active |
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HB 1094 |
Prohibits minors from using any wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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HB 1810 |
Provides that a person who commits a traffic offense due to the inattentive operation of a motor vehicle is punishable by a fine that is at least twice the minimum fine applicable to the offense and not more than twice the maximum fine that is applicable to the offense. The bill includes the use of personal communication devices, including cellular phones and audio/video equipment within the scope of inattentive driving. |
Active |
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HB 1498 |
Prohibits a person who is operating a motor vehicle or is in the front seat of a motor vehicle from using a portable computer, a portable television, a portable digital video disc player or a portable videocassette player. |
Active |
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HB 2607 |
Prohibits a person under age 18 from operating a motor vehicle while using a telephone. |
Active |
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Virginia |
HB 1983 |
Prohibits the display of a video or motion picture in front of the driver's seat or within view of the driver. |
Enacted |
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HB 1962 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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HB 1830 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency personnel and emergency situations. |
Active |
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SB 1081 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Offenses punishable by $100 fines. |
Inactive |
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SB 966 |
Prohibits driver with a provisional license from using a cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle. |
Active |
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SB 925 |
Prohibits the display of obscene videos in the motor vehicle if the video can be seen outside the vehicle. |
Enacted |
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SB 784 |
Prohibits drivers with a provisional license from using a cell phone while driving. |
Inactive |
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Vermont |
HB 95 |
Amends law that prohibits video equipment in a motor vehicle that is visible to the driver by eliminating the word "television" and instead prohibiting devices that are "capable of transmitting an entertainment picture." |
Active |
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HB 151 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency calls. |
Active |
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Washington |
SB 5161 |
Requires state police to track information about the involvement of wireless communication devices in motor vehicle crashes in accident report forms. Requires the state police to include this information in its annual report of traffic safety statistics. |
Enacted |
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SB 5160 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. Enforceable as a secondary offense. |
Active |
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Wisconsin |
AB 120 |
Prohibits drivers with instruction permit or probationary license from using a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle. |
Active |
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SB 120 |
Prohibits drivers with an instruction permit or probationary license from using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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SB 84 |
Prohibits holders of an instruction permit or probationary license from operating a car or motorcycle while using a wireless telecommunications device. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Active |
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West Virginia |
HB 3188 |
Prohibits the use of a hand-held cell phone while driving and also would provide a penalty for violations. |
Active |
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SB 470 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phone while driving. A conviction for a first offense is punishable by fines up to $100. Conviction for a second offense can be punished by fines up to $200. Convictions for a third and subsequent offenses are punishable by fines up to $500. No points may be assessed. |
Active |
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Wyoming |
HB 256 |
Prohibits the use of hand-held phones while driving. Provides exceptions for emergency situations. |
Inactive |
