CS/SB 1318: Traffic Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Grall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Davis ; Hooper ; Pizzo ; Rodriguez
Traffic Offenses; Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising penalty provisions relating to the use of wireless communications devices in a handheld manner in certain circumstances; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing, etc.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/26/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/6/2025 | Senate |
• Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules |
| 3/7/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building |
| 3/10/2025 | Senate |
• Introduced |
| 3/12/2025 | Senate |
• Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development |
| 3/21/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building |
| 3/26/2025 | Senate |
• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 |
| 3/27/2025 | Senate |
• Now in Rules • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
| 4/1/2025 | Senate |
• CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2 • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 4/2/2025 | Senate |
• CS by Rules read 1st time |
| 4/3/2025 | Senate |
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 |
| 4/9/2025 | Senate |
• Read 2nd time -SJ 387 • Read 3rd time -SJ 388 • CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 7 -SJ 388 • Immediately certified -SJ 392 |
| 4/9/2025 | House |
• In Messages |
