Key Votes
SB 154 - Cell Phones in School Zones - Key Vote
Arkansas Key Votes
Stages
- Feb. 16, 2011 Executive Signed
- Feb. 15, 2011 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 2, 2011 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 26, 2011 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Feb. 16, 2011
Title: Cell Phones in School Zones
Signed by Governor Mike Beebe
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (52-41) - Feb. 15, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Cell Phones in School Zones
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the use of handheld wireless telephones in school zones and highway work zones.
Highlights:
-Prohibits the use of a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle when passing a school building or school zone during school hours when children are present and outside the building (Sec. 5).
-Prohibits the use of a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone when a highway worker is present (Sec. 5).
-Authorizes the use of a handheld wireless telephone in school zones and highway work zones while operating a motor vehicle for an emergency purpose (Sec. 5).
-Prohibits law enforcement officers from stopping or detaining a driver of a motor vehicle solely to determine compliance with this act (Sec. 2).
-Excludes hands-free wireless telephones and global positioning or navigation devices from the definition of a handheld wireless telephone (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that a hands-free wireless telephone may require the use of either hand to activate, deactivate, or initiate a function of the wireless telephone, and that the hands-free component may be a permanent or temporary part of the wireless telephone (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that this act does not apply to law enforcement officers (Sec. 5).
-Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to all violations committed on and after October 1, 2011 (Sec. 6).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (18-12) - Feb. 2, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Cell Phones in School Zones
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the use of handheld wireless telephones in school zones and highway work zones.
Highlights:
-Prohibits the use of a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle when passing a school building or school zone during school hours when children are present and outside the building (Sec. 5).
-Prohibits the use of a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone when a highway worker is present (Sec. 5).
-Authorizes the use of a handheld wireless telephone in school zones and highway work zones while operating a motor vehicle for an emergency purpose (Sec. 5).
-Prohibits law enforcement officers from stopping or detaining a driver of a motor vehicle solely to determine compliance with this act (Sec. 2).
-Excludes hands-free wireless telephones and global positioning or navigation devices from the definition of a handheld wireless telephone (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that a hands-free wireless telephone may require the use of either hand to activate, deactivate, or initiate a function of the wireless telephone, and that the hands-free component may be a permanent or temporary part of the wireless telephone (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that this act does not apply to law enforcement officers (Sec. 5).
-Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to all violations committed on and after October 1, 2011 (Sec. 6).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 26, 2011
Title: Cell Phones in School Zones
Sponsors
- Fred Allen (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry Taylor (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
