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IN SB0204
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires drivers to use hands-free or voice-operated technology when placing or receiving telephone calls while operating a moving motor vehicle, with an exception for 911 emergency calls.
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Expands the definition of "telecommunications device" to include wireless telephones, personal digital assistants, pagers, text messaging devices, and functional equivalents or successors to these devices.
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Exempts amateur radio equipment operated by Federal Communications Commission licensed operators and communications systems installed in commercial motor vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds from the telecommunications device restrictions.
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Prohibits police officers from confiscating telecommunications devices, retaining them as evidence, or extracting information from them without consent unless there is probable cause the device was used in a crime, a valid search warrant is obtained, or otherwise authorized by law.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Use of telecommunications devices while driving. Requires a person to use hands free or voice operated technology to place or receive a telephone call while operating a moving motor vehicle, unless the device is used to call 911 to report a bona fide emergency. Revises the term "telecommunications device" for purposes related to motor vehicle operation.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security & Transportation
1/6/2015