HB2218 S T&I AMT #1 2-27

Casey  7988

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2218—A Bill to amend and reenact §17C-14-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to distracted driving; modifying the scope of prohibitions on distracted driving by establishing the Electronically Distracted Driving Act; defining terms; providing limitations for the use of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices; prohibiting certain actions by all drivers; prohibiting certain actions by school bus drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers; providing that each violation constitutes a separate offense; providing for penalties for violations, including criminal penalties, fines, driver’s license suspension and revocation, and points on the driver’s record maintained by the Division of Motor Vehicles; providing exceptions; and providing a name for the amendments.

Adopted

Rejected