Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

625 ILCS 5/11-503.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the offense of distracted driving, which a person commits by operating a motor vehicle in violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles while also engaging in certain activities. Provides that a law enforcement officer may charge a person with distracted driving if the officer (i) has stopped the person for any violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles and (ii) determines that the person was driving while distracted. Specifies that distracted driving may not be recorded on a person's driving record, but requires a person who has committed distracted driving to pay an additional fine equivalent to the amount of the fine for the underlying offense that he or she committed.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the introduced bill and makes the following changes. Removes language from the introduced bill providing that a law enforcement officer may charge a person with distracted driving if the officer (i) has stopped the person for any violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles and (ii) determines that the person was driving while distracted. Removes language from the introduced bill providing that distracted driving may not be recorded on a person's driving record, but requires a person who has committed distracted driving to pay an additional fine equivalent to the amount of the fine for the underlying offense that he or she committed. Provides that distracted driving is a petty offense.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/26/2009	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
1/27/2009	House	First Reading
1/27/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/4/2009	House	Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee
2/5/2009	House	Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2/5/2009	House	Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
2/9/2009	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000
2/10/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2/24/2009	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2/24/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/3/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
3/3/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
3/3/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
3/3/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
3/3/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
3/11/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
3/11/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/11/2009	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
3/11/2009	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/16/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
3/17/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
3/17/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2009	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2009	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/3/2009	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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