Senate Cmte Won’t Hear House Texting Ban Bill
Bills banning texting while driving hit a road bump
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two bills that would ban texting while driving have hit a road bump.
Sen. Don Barrington, chairman of the Senate Public Safety Committee, said Wednesday that he will not give House Bill 1965 a hearing in his committee, where it has been assigned.
The measure, by Rep. Terry O’Donnell, R-Tulsa, would make it illegal to text and drive. However, it would be a secondary offense, meaning a vehicle operator would have to be stopped for another infraction first.
“We have an agreeable bill that has passed the Senate,” Barrington, R-Lawton, said.