PRINTER'S NO. 304
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
305
Session of
2009
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, COSTA, WASHINGTON, RAFFERTY, MUSTO, FONTANA, STOUT, ERICKSON, STACK, WOZNIAK, BOSCOLA, EARLL AND FERLO, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
AN ACT
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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
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Statutes, providing for the prohibition of text messaging
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while driving.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
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§ 3316. Text messaging while driving.
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No person shall use a device to read or write a text message
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in an electronic format while operating a motor vehicle.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.