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Question on adoption of the amendment #1

S2216  ·  Senate roll call No. 64  ·  2019-06-06 13:06  ·  191st General Court (2019 to 2020)
39 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 1, moved by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  Adopted, as Amended

An Act preventing distracted driving

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Hands-free mobile telephone”, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, the following definition:- “Hands-free mode”, operation of a mobile electronic device by which a user engages in a voice communication or receives audio without the use of the user’s hand; provided, however, that a mobile electronic device may require a single tap or swipe to activate, deactivate or initiate the hands-free mode feature. SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 90 is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “vehicle”, in line 239, as so appearing, the following words:- ; provide…

yea · 39

absent · 1

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.