SB 123-USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHILE DRIVING                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
10:11:21 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LEDOUX announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
CS FOR  SENATE BILL NO.  123(JUD), "An  Act relating to  the bail                                                               
forfeiture schedule  and the  penalty for  the use  of electronic                                                               
devices while driving; and providing for an effective date."                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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EDRA  MORLEDGE,   Staff,  Senator   Kevin  Meyer,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  explained  that  SB  123 reduces  the  penalty  for                                                               
texting  and  driving  from  a  class A  misdemeanor  to  a  $500                                                               
violation.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
10:12:08 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LYNN  moved  to  report  CSSB  123,  Version  29-                                                               
LS1198\E  out of  committee with  individual recommendations  and                                                               
the accompanying  fiscal notes.   There being no  objection, CSSB                                                               
123(JUD) passed out of the House Judiciary Standing Committee.