l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 973

Wireless telephones; prohibit use of while driving without use of hands-free device.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 11, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF WIRELESS TELEPHONES OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO MAKE PHONE CALLS WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE EXCEPT WHEN THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE IS HANDS-FREE; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF WIRELESS TELEPHONES OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO WRITE, SEND OR READ A TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 18 to February 11, 2010, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action5 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 11 · stopped24 days

TransportationJan 18 to Feb 215 days

TransportationFeb 11 to Feb 11 · stopped0 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Feb 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 11Recommitted to committee in the House
  5. Died in committee in the House
All 5 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 10Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11Recommitted to CommitteeHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives