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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1229

Wireless telephones; prohibit wireless interactive communication and talking without use of hands-free device by operator of motor vehicle.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS 63-1-75, 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 PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM JULY 1, 2011, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012, A CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION MUST OCCUR AS A SECONDARY OFFENSE AND SHALL NOT BE ENTERED ON THE DRIVING RECORD OF THE CONVICTED PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2013, A CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION MAY OCCUR AS A PRIMARY OFFENSE AND SHALL BE ENTERED ON THE DRIVING RECORD OF THE CONVICTED PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY NOT SEIZE OR EXAMINE THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE OF A PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF WIRELESS TELEPHONES OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO ENGAGE IN WIRELESS INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION BY A PERSON OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM JULY 1, 2011, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012, A CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION MUST OCCUR AS A SECONDARY OFFENSE AND SHALL NOT BE ENTERED ON THE DRIVING RECORD OF THE CONVICTED PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2013, A CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION MAY OCCUR AS A PRIMARY OFFENSE AND SHALL BE ENTERED ON THE DRIVING RECORD OF THE CONVICTED PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY NOT SEIZE OR EXAMINE THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE OF A PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-216, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FOR CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER SECTION 63-1-73 OR 63-1-75; 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 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

TransportationJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives