VA HB1883 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-01 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-01 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Texting while driving; injury to another or damage to property. Provides that any person who, while "texting" and driving, causes an accident in which a person is killed or injured or in which an attended vehicle or other attended property is damaged is guilty of reckless driving. The bill also provides that a violation of this provision shall not preclude prosecution under any other applicable provision of the criminal law.
Title
Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving, reckless driving.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-01 | House | Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| 2013-01-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1907-Anderson) by voice vote |
| 2013-01-15 | House | Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal |
| 2013-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2013-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101527D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1907 (Similar To) 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752)
Subjects
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1883 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1883+hil |
