SB686
Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 10, 2026
House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
Chief Patron:
Dave Suetterlein (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic.
Clarifies that a court may order, for a first violation of texting and driving, the satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a conviction.-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100678D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB686)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
