27:1A-5.19

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY CHECKLIST

Compiled by the NJ State Law Library

LAWS OF:        2001                 CHAPTER:        161

NJSA:               27:1A-5.19        (Cell phone use to be noted in traffic accidents)

BILL NO:          S1867               (Substituted for A2487)

SPONSORS:     Bennett and Bark

DATE INTRODUCED:     November 9, 2000

COMMITTEE:                ASSEMBLY:     ----

                                    SENATE:          Law and Public Safety

AMENDED DURING PASSAGE:             Yes

DATE OF PASSAGE:                ASSEMBLY:     May 24, 2001

                                                SENATE:          May 14, 2001

DATE OF APPROVAL:              July 17, 2001

FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE:

            FINAL TEXT OF BILL (1st reprint enacted)

                        (Amendments during passage denoted by superscript numbers)

            S1867

                        SPONSORS STATEMENT: (Begins on page 3 of original bill)                    Yes

                        COMMITTEE STATEMENT:                               ASSEMBLY:                 No

                                                                                                SENATE:                      Yes

                        FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS:                                                    No

                        LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE:                                                        No

            A2487

                        SPONSORS STATEMENT: (Begins on page 3 of original bill)                    Yes

                                                                                                Bill and Sponsors Statement identical to S1867

                        COMMITTEE STATEMENT:                               ASSEMBLY:                 Yes

                                                                                                Identical to Senate Statement for S1867

                                                                                                SENATE:                      No

                        FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS:                                                    Yes

                        LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE:                                                        No

            VETO MESSAGE:                                                                                             No

            GOVERNOR’S PRESS RELEASE ON SIGNING:                                                 Yes

FOLLOWING WERE PRINTED:

            To check for circulating copies, contact New Jersey State Government

            Publications at the State Library (609) 633-2111 or mailto:blupp@njstatelib.org

            REPORTS:                                                                                                        No

            HEARINGS:                                                                                                      No

            NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:                                                                                 No

            JOURNAL ARTICLE CITED IN STATEMENTS                                                     Yes

            “Association between cellular telephone calls and motor vehicle collisions,” :New England Journal of Medicine, 336,

            #7. pp.453+

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