News Room: AB 45: Hands-Free Cell Phones

State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) announced today the introduction of Senate Bill 1475 which strengthens the state’s hands-free and anti-texting laws for motorists. read more ...

Sacramento – Assemblyman Joe Simitian’s (D-Palo Alto) bill, AB 45, which requires cell phone users to use hands-free technology while driving, is expected to be heard in the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday, July 8, 2003. The Senate Transportation Committee is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m. in Room 3191 of the State Capitol. read more ...

Sacramento – Assemblyman Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) announced today that Assembly Bill 45, which requires cell phone users to use hands-free technology while driving, passed off the Assembly floor and is one step closer to becoming California law. read more ...

Sacramento – Assemblyman Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) announced he will present Assembly Bill 45, which requires cell phone users to use hands-free technology while driving, on the Assembly floor tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, 2003. read more ...

Sacramento – A key vote on Assemblyman Joe Simitian’s cell phone bill, which requires cell phone users to use hands-free technology while driving, is expected to take place in the Assembly Appropriations Committee tomorrow, Wednesday, May 21, 2003. read more ...

Sacramento – Assemblyman Joe Simitian’s bill to require cell phone users to use hands-free technology while driving has passed out of the Assembly Transportation Committee. Assembly Bill 45 passed out of Committee 14 to 5, with 1 abstention. read more ...

Sacramento – Assemblyman Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) will hold a press conference on Monday, March 3, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in the Governor’s Press Room (Room 1190), to discuss developments on Assembly Bill 45 (which requires California drivers to use a hands-free device when talking on a cell phone while driving), including new data from the California Highway Patrol and the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. read more ...