For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB0173 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: As enacted, prohibits a person from physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; imposes other similar restrictions on activities such as texting; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 412 [SB0173 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Vote: TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 0

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	5	1	4
Nay	2	-	2
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	7	1	6

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Bowling, Janince [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Briggs, Richard M. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Gilmore, Brenda [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Massey, Becky Duncan [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Niceley, Frank S. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Stevens, John [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Swann, Art [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart