House passes texting while driving ban

Published May 1, 2013 4:04pm ET



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed its version of a statewide ban on texting, but a late change close to the end of the legislative session cast some uncertainty over its fate.

The measure passed the House on a 110-6 vote and now heads back to the Senate, which passed the bill unanimously last month. The Senate will now consider an amendment by the House that would allow police to use drivers’ mobile phone records to back charges against them only when texting causes a crash resulting in death or personal injury.

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