Virginia House Bill 874 (Adjourned Sine Die)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: Passed on March 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-10 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 250 (effective 1/1/21)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Holding handheld personal communications devices while driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]
Del. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2020-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N) (Y: 70 N: 26 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N) (Y: 28 N: 9 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 7-N) (Y: 29 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N) (Y: 71 N: 24 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 250 (effective 1/1/21)
2020-03-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-03	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
2020-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB874ER)
2020-02-25	House	Enrolled
2020-02-20	House	VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N)
2020-02-20	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108193D-S1 (71-Y 26-N)
2020-02-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
2020-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 7-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB874S1
2020-02-18	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108193D-S1
2020-02-18	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108193D-S1
2020-02-13	Senate	Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-05	House	VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N)
2020-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (72-Y 24-N)
2020-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB874H1
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106899D-H1
2020-02-04	House	Read second time
2020-02-03	House	Read first time
2020-01-30	House	Incorporates HB377 (Willett)
2020-01-30	House	Incorporates HB1672 (Ware)
2020-01-30	House	Incorporates HB387 (Edmunds)
2020-01-30	House	Incorporates HB512 (Bulova)
2020-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 20106899D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101920D

HB377 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Left in Transportation
HB387 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Left in Transportation
HB512 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Left in Transportation
HB1672 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Left in Transportation
SB160 (Same As) 2020-03-12 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020

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

Type	Source
Summary	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB874
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB874+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB874H1+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB874S1+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB874ER+hil
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1902V0016+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H19V0056+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0423+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S11V0062+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0688HB0874+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0697HB0874+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0700HB0874+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0701HB0874+HB0874
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1028+HB0874