| Passed by the House April 14, 2011 Yeas 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 1, 2011 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1103 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 16, 2011, 3:32 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 17, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/01/11.
AN ACT Relating to the use of television viewers in motor vehicles; and amending RCW 46.37.480.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 46.37.480 and 1996 c 34 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle equipped with any
television viewer, screen, or other means of visually receiving a
television broadcast ((which is located in the motor vehicle at any
point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or which is)) when the
moving images are visible to the driver while operating the motor
vehicle on a public road, except for live video of the motor vehicle
backing up. This subsection does not apply to law enforcement vehicles
communicating with mobile computer networks.
(2) No person shall operate any motor vehicle on a public highway
while wearing any headset or earphones connected to any electronic
device capable of receiving a radio broadcast or playing a sound
recording for the purpose of transmitting a sound to the human auditory
senses and which headset or earphones muffle or exclude other sounds.
This subsection does not apply to students and instructors
participating in a Washington state motorcycle safety program.
(3) This section does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles,
motorcyclists wearing a helmet with built-in headsets or earphones as
approved by the Washington state patrol, or motorists using hands-free,
wireless communications systems, as approved by the equipment section
of the Washington state patrol.