Maryland 2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates 1 D cosponsors

HB 42 — Vehicle Laws - Use of Handheld Telephone While Driving - Penalty

Last action — Delegates Beidle, McCray, and Anderton

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

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Delegates Beidle, McCray, and Anderton

  2. Conference Committee Appointed

  3. House Requests Senate Recede

  4. House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

  5. Third Reading Passed with Amendments (32-12)

  6. Floor Amendment {403328/1 (Senator Hershey) Adopted

  7. Floor Amendment {393720/1 (Senator Kagan) Withdrawn

  8. Laid Over (Senator Kagan) Adopted (23-10)

  9. Floor Amendment {393720/1 (Senator Kagan)

  10. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  11. Favorable with Amendments {738772/1 Report Adopted

  12. Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

  13. Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.

  14. First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  15. Third Reading Passed (77-59)

  16. Second Reading Passed

  17. Favorable Report Adopted

  18. Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation

  19. Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.

  20. First Reading Environment and Transportation

  21. Pre-filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 187 not signed on · 37 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (187)

187 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

On Third Reading

Failed 17 Yea · 27 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 121900
Democrat 1801
Republican 4001
Total 172702
% of votes cast 37%59%0%4%
How each member voted (46)
Member Party Vote
Astle — Yea
Bates — Yea
Brochin — Nay
Currie — Nay
DeGrange — Nay
Eckardt — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Hershey — Yea
Hough — Yea
Kasemeyer — Yea
Kelley — Nay
Klausmeier — Nay
Lee — Nay
Cassilly — Yea
Norman — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
Conway — Nay
Madaleno — Nay
Middleton — Yea
Nathan-Pulliam — Nay
Peters — Nay
Pinsky — Nay
Ramirez — Nay
Serafini — Yea
Waugh — Yea
Robinson — Nay
Young — Nay
Manno — Nay
Mathias — Nay
McFadden — Nay
Zirkin — Nay
Delegate Stephanie Smith Democrat Not Voting
Senator Bill Ferguson Democrat Nay
Senator Brian J. Feldman Democrat Nay
Senator C. Anthony Muse Democrat Nay
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan Democrat Yea
Senator Craig J. Zucker Democrat Nay
Senator Guy Guzzone Democrat Nay
Senator Jim Rosapepe Democrat Nay
Senator Joanne C. Benson Democrat Nay
Senator Nancy J. King Democrat Nay
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly Republican Yea
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire Republican Yea
Senator J.B. Jennings Republican Yea
Senator Johnny Ray Salling Republican Not Voting
Senator Justin Ready Republican Yea

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On third reading

Passed 32 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22900
Democrat 9001
Republican 1301
Total 321202
% of votes cast 70%26%0%4%
How each member voted (46)
Member Party Vote
Astle — Yea
Bates — Nay
Brochin — Yea
Currie — Yea
DeGrange — Yea
Eckardt — Nay
Edwards — Nay
Hershey — Nay
Hough — Nay
Kasemeyer — Yea
Kelley — Yea
Klausmeier — Yea
Lee — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Nathan-Pulliam — Yea
Peters — Yea
Conway — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Young — Yea
Cassilly — Nay
Norman — Nay
Madaleno — Yea
Manno — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McFadden — Yea
Middleton — Yea
Pinsky — Yea
Ramirez — Yea
Serafini — Nay
Waugh — Nay
Zirkin — Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith Democrat Not Voting
Senator Bill Ferguson Democrat Yea
Senator Brian J. Feldman Democrat Yea
Senator C. Anthony Muse Democrat Yea
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan Democrat Yea
Senator Craig J. Zucker Democrat Yea
Senator Guy Guzzone Democrat Yea
Senator Jim Rosapepe Democrat Yea
Senator Joanne C. Benson Democrat Yea
Senator Nancy J. King Democrat Yea
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly Republican Nay
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire Republican Yea
Senator J.B. Jennings Republican Nay
Senator Johnny Ray Salling Republican Not Voting
Senator Justin Ready Republican Nay

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On Third Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 59 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 61902
Unaffiliated 433303
Democrat 28700
Total 775905
% of votes cast 55%42%0%4%
How each member voted (141)
Member Party Vote
Afzali — Nay
Anderton — Yea
Angel — Not Voting
Atterbeary — Yea
Aumann — Yea
Barkley — Yea
Barron — Yea
Barve — Yea
Beitzel — Nay
Branch — Yea
Bromwell — Yea
Carey — Yea
Carr — Yea
Clark — Nay
Conaway — Nay
Dumais — Yea
Flanagan — Yea
Frick — Yea
Frush — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Gibson — Yea
Gilchrist — Yea
Glass — Nay
Glenn — Yea
Grammer — Nay
Gutierrez — Nay
Haynes — Yea
Hixson — Yea
Holmes — Yea
Impallaria — Nay
Jalisi — Nay
Jameson — Yea
Knotts — Yea
Krebs — Nay
Krimm — Yea
Lafferty — Yea
Saab — Nay
Cluster — Nay
Young, P. — Nay
Kittleman — Nay
McDonough — Nay
McMillan — Nay
Miele — Nay
Parrott — Nay
Platt — Nay
Rey — Nay
Walker — Not Voting
Speaker Busch — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Ali — Yea
Sophocleus — Yea
Lierman — Yea
Lisanti — Yea
Luedtke — Yea
Kelly — Yea
Proctor — Yea
Lewis, R. — Nay
Tarlau* — Nay
Cassilly — Nay
Malone — Nay
McConkey — Nay
McIntosh — Yea
Morales — Nay
Morhaim — Yea
Mosby — Nay
Otto — Nay
Pendergrass — Yea
Reznik — Yea
Sanchez — Nay
Shoemaker — Nay
Sydnor — Nay
Valentino-Smith — Yea
Vallario — Yea
Vogt — Yea
Jackson, M. — Yea
Jones, A. — Yea
Lewis, J. — Not Voting
Long, R. — Nay
Morgan, M. — Nay
Delegate Anne Healey Democrat Yea
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser Democrat Yea
Delegate Ben Barnes Democrat Yea
Delegate Ben Barnes Democrat Nay
Delegate Bonnie Cullison Democrat Yea
Delegate C. T. Wilson Democrat Yea
Delegate Dana Stein Democrat Yea
Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo Democrat Yea
Delegate David Moon Democrat Nay
Delegate Debra Davis Democrat Yea
Delegate Diana M. Fennell Democrat Yea
Delegate Edith J. Patterson Democrat Yea
Delegate Eric Ebersole Democrat Yea
Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins Democrat Nay
Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk Democrat Yea
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama Democrat Yea
Delegate Luke Clippinger Democrat Yea
Delegate Marc Korman Democrat Yea
Delegate Mark S. Chang Democrat Yea
Delegate Pam Queen Democrat Yea
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat Yea
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes Democrat Yea
Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat Yea
Delegate Veronica Turner Democrat Yea
Senator Alonzo T. Washington Democrat Yea
Senator Antonio Hayes Democrat Nay
Senator Benjamin Brooks Democrat Yea
Senator Benjamin F. Kramer Democrat Yea
Senator Clarence K. Lam Democrat Yea
Senator Cory V. McCray Democrat Yea
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher Democrat Yea
Senator Karen Lewis Young Democrat Nay
Senator Mary Washington Democrat Nay
Senator Pamela Beidle Democrat Yea
Senator Shelly Hettleman Democrat Nay
Delegate April Miller Republican Nay
Delegate April Miller Republican Nay
Delegate April Rose Republican Nay
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti Republican Not Voting
Delegate Christopher T. Adams Republican Nay
Delegate H. Kevin Anderson Republican Yea
Delegate Jason C. Buckel Republican Nay
Delegate Jay A. Jacobs Republican Yea
Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist Republican Nay
Delegate Kathy Szeliga Republican Nay
Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger Republican Nay
Delegate Mark N. Fisher Republican Yea
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke Republican Nay
Delegate Ric Metzgar Republican Nay
Delegate Seth A. Howard Republican Nay
Delegate Seth A. Howard Republican Not Voting
Delegate Steven J. Arentz Republican Nay
Delegate Susan K. McComas Republican Nay
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly Republican Nay
Delegate William J. Wivell Republican Nay
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire Republican Yea
Senator Chris West Republican Yea
Senator Johnny Mautz Republican Nay
Senator Mary Beth Carozza Republican Yea
Senator Mike McKay Republican Nay
Senator Paul D. Corderman Republican Nay
Senator William G. Folden Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 42?
HB 42 is sponsored by Delegate Veronica Turner (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 42?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” 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.
Where can I track HB 42?
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