To prohibit the use of hand-held cell phones while driving, subject to a $100 fine.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that establishes fines for the "driving while texting" offense proposed by Senate Bill 402.

To make the proposed "driving-while-texting" offense a "primary" one, meaning that police could stop a motorist for just this. As substituted, the bill makes this a "secondary" offense only.

To impose a mandatory fine of $200 for a first offense and $500 for a subsequent offense for the "driving while texting" offense proposed by Senate Bill 402. No "points" would be entered on a person's driving record for a violation.

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To place fine revenue from "texting while driving" violations into the state general fund rather than to local governments and libraries, but only if two of the (many) penalties imposed by the ”driver responsibility fees or “bad driver tax” law are repealed, the ones for having more than seven drivers license points and for driving without a valid license or endorsement. The $1,000 surtax for driving with a suspended license and the $400 or $1,000 one for driving without insurance would not be repealed, and reportedly these levies are much more common and/or account for much more of the revenue.

To impose a mandatory fine of $100 for a first offense and $200 for a subsequent offense for the "texting while driving" offense proposed by Senate Bill 4394. No "points" would be entered on a person's driving record for a violation, and driver could be stopped for just this.

To strip out the House provision earmarking the expected fine revenue to the state general fund rather than to libraries, which is where other traffic ticket goes. Note: Traffic fine revenue goes to libraries in part to reduce the incentive for law enforcement to issue tickets for revenue purposes rather than public safety. The House earmark was intended to allow limited repeal of some parts of that tax to allow limited repeal of some parts of the "bad driver" tax, revenue from which goes to the general fund.

To send the bill back to the House without the House-passed earmark of texting-while-driving revenue to the general fund, which was intended to allow limited repeal of some parts of the "bad driver" tax.

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which does not contain the House-passed earmarking of "texting-while-driving" fines toward repealing some of the "bad driver" taxes.