For Immediate Release: May 29, 2003
    Contact: Lark Park
    Phone: (916) 319-2021

      Hands-Free Cell Phone Bill Passed Out of Assembly

    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.

    The bill passed out of the Assembly on a vote of 49 to 27, with four members not voting or not present. The Senate is expected to take up the bill in the coming months.

    “Californians deserve to have a safe and sane hands-free law,” said Simitian. “We’re getting there.”

     

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