Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone and providing a penalty.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits inattentive driving, which means that a driver of a motor
vehicle may not be so engaged or occupied as to interfere with the safe driving of the
vehicle. Any person convicted of inattentive driving may be required to forfeit not
less than $20 nor more than $400.
Under this bill, a person may not drive a motor vehicle, other than an
authorized emergency vehicle, on any highway while using a hand-held cellular
telephone, except to report an emergency. This prohibition applies regardless of
whether use of the cellular telephone interferes with operation of the vehicle, but
does not apply to hands-free cellular telephones. A person who violates this
prohibition may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $40 for a first
offense, and not less than $50 nor more than $100 for a second or subsequent offense
within one year.