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01.19.2022 The Senate Transportation Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.
01.12.2022 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment strikes all of the language in the current bill and replaces it with new language. The new bill includes a definition of mobile electronic device, includes exceptions for parking and navigation, includes penalties and preemptive language for local ordinances.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from physically holding a wireless communication device while operating the vehicle. |
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S 0248 General Bill, By Young, Hembree, Turner, McElveen, Bennett, Massey, Rankin, M. Johnson, Shealy and Jackson
Similar ( H 3360, H 3677) Summary: SC Hands-free Act A BILL TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HANDS-FREE ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-3890 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, TO REVISE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL REVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO POINTS THAT MAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST A PERSON'S DRIVING RECORD FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING VIOLATIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A TWO-POINT VIOLATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL NOTIFY MOTORISTS OF THE HANDS-FREE REQUIREMENTS AT CERTAIN POINTS ALONG THE STATE'S INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS; AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. View full text View Vote History View Fiscal Impact
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