Key Votes
HB 2377 - Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving - Key Vote
Oregon Key Votes
Suzanne Bonamici voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Suzanne Bonamici made in this general time period.
Stages
- July 28, 2010 Executive Signed
- June 24, 2009 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 23, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- April 28, 2009 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 12, 2009 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - July 28, 2010
Title: Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (39-20) - June 24, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (16-13) - June 23, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Vote to pass a bill that bans cell phone use without a "hands free accessory" while driving (with certain exceptions).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (38-22) - April 28, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits individuals, regardless of age, from using a handheld mobile communication device while operating a motor vehicle, whereas existing law only applies this prohibition to individuals under the age of 18.
- -Individuals that are 18 years of age or older and using a hands-free device;
-Individuals summoning medical or other emergency help if no other individual in the vehicle is capable of doing so;
-Individuals using a mobile communication device for the purpose of farming or agricultural operations;
-Individuals operating an ambulance or emergency vehicle;
-Individuals operating a motor vehicle while providing public safety services or emergency services as a volunteer;
-Individuals operating a motor vehicle while acting in the scope of their employment as a public safety officer;
-Individuals operating a motor vehicle in the scope of their employment if operating the motor vehicle is necessary for their job;
-Individuals activating or deactivating a mobile communication device; and
-Individuals using a function of a mobile communication device that allows for only one-way voice communication while operating a motor vehicle in the scope of their employment, while providing transit services to individuals with disabilities or senior citizens, or while participating in public safety or emergency service activities.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 12, 2009
Title: Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Sponsors
- Ginny Burdick (OR - D)
- Jackie Dingfelder (OR - D)
- Sal Esquivel (OR - R)
- William E. 'Bill' Morrisette (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn Tomei (OR - D)
