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HB 559 In Committee

Traffic Safety - As introduced, removes the prohibition on a person physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle on a road or highway other than in a marked school zone or work zone; retains restrictions on activities such as texting on, reaching for, or watching or recording a video on such device while operating a motor vehicle on a road or highway. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-199.

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SENATE BILL 1408

By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 559

By Capley

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section

55-8-199, relative to use of a wireless

telecommunications device while operating a

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