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.
Last Action: 4/1/2025 Senate - Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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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)
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CS/SB 1318, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/1/2025 at 6:37 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 501 Hands-free Driving Tant Similar Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) H 699 Noncriminal Traffic Infractions Causing Vehicle Crashes Melo, Redondo Compare Last Action: 3/18/2025 H Now in State Affairs Committee S 1210 Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle Martin Compare Last Action: 3/26/2025 S Now in Judiciary Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition. Page 2 (pdf) 316.306 School and work zones; prohibition on the use of a wireless communications device in a handheld manner. Page 6 (pdf) 318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures. Page 11 (pdf) 318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing. Page 14 (pdf) -
SB 1318, Original Filed Version Posted 2/26/2025 at 10:48 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 501 Hands-free Driving Tant Identical Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Committee Amendments (3)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 128554 - Amendment
Delete lines 166 - 251 and insert:Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
(Grall)3/26/2025
8:13 AM
(Late Filed)Withdrawn
3/26/2025Web Page
PDF639304 - Amendment
Delete lines 166 - 251 and insert:Rules
(Grall)3/31/2025
8:30 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
4/1/2025Web Page
PDF860910 - Amendment
Delete line 301 and insert:Rules
(Grall)3/31/2025
8:31 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
4/1/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (3)
Date Committee Result 3/12/2025 8:30 AM Transportation 9 Yeas - 0 Nays 3/26/2025 1:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development 15 Yeas - 0 Nays 4/1/2025 9:00 AM Rules 22 Yeas - 2 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition. Page 1 (pdf) 316.306 School and work zones; prohibition on the use of a wireless communications device in a handheld manner. Page 6 (pdf)