Virginia Senate Bill 1160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-04 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Driving while texting; primary offense; increased penalties. Provides that driving while texting is a traffic infraction punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of $250 and, for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of $500. The current penalties are $20 for a first offense and $50 for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also changes the offense from a secondary offense (one that can only be charged when the offender is stopped for another, separate offense) to a primary offense. The bill also provides that a violation of this provision does not preclude prosecution under any other applicable provision of the criminal law or of the law governing the operation of motor vehicles.

Driving while texting; primary offense, increased penalties.

Sen. George Barker [D]

2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-04	Senate	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2013-01-23	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2013-01-23	Senate	Rereferred from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
2013-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2013-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103482D

SB1222 (Similar To) 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1078.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1160
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1160+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S11V0064+SB1160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0172+SB1160