Originally, a universal ban on texting while driving was proposed by state Sen. Ryan McKenna, D-Jefferson County, who could not be reached for comment. McKenna, Lipke said, still hopes to expand the law. Lipke expects such a provision could be proposed once the next legislative session begins and the new law has been in place for a few months.
"It just frustrates me that we are letting people that redeem tax credits around this state hold people without health care hostage," said Ryan McKenna, D-Jefferson County, as the Senate debated the economic development bill late into the night.
"It just frustrates me that we are letting people that redeem tax credits around this state hold people without health care hostage," said Ryan McKenna, D-Jefferson County, as the Senate debated the economic development bill late into the night.
Sen. Ryan McKenna has already passed a similar bill out of the Senate, but it has yet to come up in the House. He said texting behind the wheel is more dangerous than someone eating or doing their hair while driving.
While the bills currently would ban both text messaging and talking on the phone without a hands-free device, there seems to be less opposition to the texting part of the legislation. Sen. Ryan McKenna, D-Arnold, proposed separate legislation for the two restrictions, but the three House bills encompass both.