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Negotiations set for Miss. school bus safety bill - Picayune Item
It also said only hands-free cell phones could be used by motorists in school zones The version of the bill that passed the House took out the 30-foot buffer zone and the limits on cell phone usage. The Senate on Monday rejected the House changes.

Negotiations Set on School Bus Safety Bill - WTOK-TV
The Mississippi House and Senate will attempt to negotiate a final version of a bill setting penalties for passing stopped school buses. The bill was filed in response to the 2009 death of 5-year-old Nathan Key, a Jones County boy who was hit by a ...

MELROSE FREE PRESS EDITORIAL: Driving bills pick up speed - Abington Mariner
... rejected the plan recently approved by the House that would have banned all cell phone use by drivers — except the use of so-called “hands-free” cell phones, which feature voice-activated dialing — but agreed to make text messaging a ...

Negotiations scheduled for ‘Nathan’s Law’ bill - Laurel Leader-Call
The bill also stated that only hands-free cell phones could be used by motorists in school zones. However, the bill passed by the House took out the 30-foot buffer zone and the limits on cell phone usage. On Monday the Senate rejected the changes ...

School bus safety bill alive in weakened form - Picayune Item
... Canton, said he had numerous concerns about the bill, including provisions to create a 30-foot buffer zone around a stopped school bus and a requirement that only hands-free cell phones be used by motorists in school zones. His committee removed ...

Residents show support for Nathan’s Law - Laurel Leader-Call
Lori said the committee also decided to change the requirement that only hands-free cell phones be used by motorists in school zones. “We talked to Chris (McDaniel) at about 10 p.m. last night and thought that we should still come. Now we will be ...

Mississippi Weighs Stripped-Down School Bus Safety Bill - Insurance Journal
What began as a comprehensive school bus safety bill is still alive at the Capitol, but in a weakened form. The House Judiciary A Committee approved the bill on Monday, a day before a legislative deadline for committees to act on bills that ...

Lawmakers submit bills on a variety of subjects - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
The bill does not include hands-free cell phones. Senate Bill 9 by Sen. Butch Gautreaux makes texting while driving a motor vehicle a primary offense. Under current law, police cannot stop a driver if they observe him texting unless he commits ...

Lawmakers filing bills on wide variety of topics - Shreveport Times
... while using handheld cellular devices. Abramson's HB 134 would make it harder for any person to recover damages in lawsuit if the driver was using a handheld cell phone or text-messaging device. The bill does not include hands-free cell phones.

Bills of 'interest' to highlight session - News-Star
The bill does not include hands-free cell phones. Senate Bill 9 by Sen. Butch Gautreaux makes texting while driving a motor vehicle a primary offense. Under current law, police cannot stop a driver if they observe him texting unless he commits ...