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An Act relative to hands free cell phone devices

Reported by Joint Committee on Transportation  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2198  ·  Bill

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2019-04-11SenateReported from the committee on Transportation
2019-04-11SenateNew draft of S2057 and S2120
2019-04-11SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2019-05-02SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2216
2019-05-02SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2019-05-02SenatePlaced in the Orders of the day for Thursday, May 9th, 2019
2019-05-08SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2019-05-08SenateRead second
2019-05-08SenateLaid over under the provisions of Senate Rule 31
2019-06-06SenateAmendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted, as amended
2019-06-06SenateRead second
2019-06-06SenateNew draft substituted, see S2216

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act preventing distracted drivingSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2019-05-02 10:30  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 14

reserve right · 2

no action · 2

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftTransportation (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.