Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 387 — Handheld personal communications devices; use in school zones and school property, penalty.

Last action — Left in Transportation

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Use of handheld personal communications devices; schoolzones and school property; penalty. Adds school crossing zones and schoolproperty to the locations in which a driver is prohibited from holding ahandheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motorvehicle, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation ispunishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits (i) the readingof an email or text message on the device and manually entering letters or textin the device as a means of communicating and (ii) the holding of a handheldpersonal communication device in a highway work zone, with the same exceptions.This bill was incorporated into HB 874.

Bill Text

  • HB387 View text Current html January 02, 2020

Action History

  1. Left in Transportation

  2. Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB874-Bourne)

  3. Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles

  4. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101337D

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (147)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 387 do?
Use of handheld personal communications devices; schoolzones and school property; penalty. Adds school crossing zones and schoolproperty to the locations in which a driver is prohibited from holding ahandheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motorvehicle, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation ispunishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits (i) the readingof an email or text message on the device and manually entering letters or textin the device as a means of communicating and (ii) the holding of a handheldpersonal communication device in a highway work zone, with the same exceptions.This bill was incorporated into HB 874.
Who sponsors HB 387?
HB 387 is sponsored by Edmunds, James E., II.
What is the current status of HB 387?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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