Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits certain cell-phone use while driving, including but not limited to texting, effective January 1, 2018.

Highlights:

• Prohibits certain cell-phone use while driving, which includes but is not limited to texting and watching videos (Sec. 1):

• Authorizes cell-phone use in the following circumstances (Sec. 1):

• There is a need to contact emergency services;

• The driver is a transit-system employee relaying information to dispatch; or

• The driver works for a commercial motor vehicle company that requires cell-phone use.

• Specifies that a second or subsequent offense is subject to twice the penalty (Sec. 1).

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