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MO HB161
Bill
Status
1/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Don Gosen
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AI Summary
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Expands Missouri's texting while driving ban from drivers 21 years and younger to all drivers regardless of age operating a moving motor vehicle on state highways
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Adds texting while driving violations to the driver's license point system: 8 points for first offense, 12 points for second and subsequent offenses
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Maintains existing exceptions for emergency vehicles, reporting illegal activity, summoning emergency help, preventing injury, and transit/for-hire dispatcher communications
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Preserves the right to make or receive telephone calls while driving a noncommercial vehicle; prohibition applies only to sending, reading, or writing text/electronic messages
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State law preempts all local ordinances regulating hand-held electronic device use in motor vehicles
Legislative Description
Prohibits all drivers, regardless of age, from text messaging while operating of a moving motor vehicle and increases the penalty for the crime of texting while driving
Last Action
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
4/20/2015