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HB611 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • K.L. Brown
  • Reed Ingram
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Motor vehicles, distracted driving, use of cell phone while operating a motor vehicle prohibited, exceptions, Secs. 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-358, inclusive, added; Sec. 32-5A-350 repealed; Secs. 32-5A-351, 32-5A-352, am'd and renumbered, 32-10-8 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, a person is prohibited from using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication while operating a motor vehicle, with exceptions

This bill would prohibit a person from watching, viewing, recording, or capturing a photograph or video while operating a motor vehicle; would prohibit a person from physically holding a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle; and would prohibit a person from engaging in a voice-based communication while operating a motor vehicle, with exceptions to the prohibitions

This bill would also further for the criminal penalties associated with a violation

Under existing law, a conviction for using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication is a two-point violation on the individual's driving record

This bill would provide that on a third or subsequent conviction the individual would receive a three-point violation on the individual's driving record

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to motor vehicles; to amend and renumber Sections 32-5A-351 and 32-5A-352, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-358, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide prohibitions on the use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, with exceptions; to further provide criminal penalties; to repeal Section 32-5A-350, Code of Alabama 1975; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

Subjects
Motor Vehicles

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
April 15, 2021 H Pending third reading on day 24 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security
April 15, 2021 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
April 8, 2021 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing April 14, 2021 Room 206 at 09:00 House PS&HS Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB611 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB611 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - HB611 for Public Safety and Homeland Security
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