Governor Abbott Thanks Lawmakers For Supporting Legislation Preempting Mobile Device Ordinances

July 28, 2017 | Austin, Texas | Press Release

The following lawmakers have declared their support for HB 171 or SB 15, which address Governor Abbott’s call for legislation to preempt all local ordinances that regulate the use of mobile devices in vehicles. The Governor thanks these members of the legislature for their commitment to ending a patchwork of regulations for the use of mobile devices in vehicles.

HB 171 (Goldman, Craig)

Anderson, Charles "Doc"

Anderson, Rodney

Biedermann, Kyle

Bohac, Dwayne

Bonnen, Dennis

Bonnen, Greg

Burkett, Cindy

Burns, DeWayne

Burrows, Dustin

Cain, Briscoe

Capriglione, Giovanni

Cyrier, John

Elkins, Gary

Flynn, Dan

Goldman, Craig

Hefner, Cole

Keough, Mark

King, Phil

Krause, Matt

Lambert, Stan

Landgraf, Brooks

Lang, Mike

Leach, Jeff

Metcalf, Will

Miller, Rick

Murphy, Jim

Murr, Andrew

Oliverson, Tom

Paul, Dennis

Phillips, Larry

Rinaldi, Matt

Roberts, Kevin

Sanford, Scott

Schaefer, Matt

Schofield, Mike

Schubert, Leighton

Simmons, Ron

Springer, Drew

Stephenson, Phil

Stickland, Jonathan

Stucky, Lynn

Swanson, Valoree

Thompson, Ed

Tinderholt, Tony

Villalba, Jason

White, James

Workman, Paul

Zedler, Bill

SB 15 (Huffines, Don)

Bettencourt, Paul

Birdwell, Brian

Buckingham, Dawn

Burton, Konni

Campbell, Donna

Creighton, Brandon

Estes, Craig

Hall, Bob

Hancock, Kelly

Huffines, Donald

Huffman, Joan

Hughes, Bryan

Kolkhorst, Lois

Nelson, Jane

Nichols, Robert

Perry, Charles

Schwertner, Charles

Taylor, Larry

Taylor, Van

*The names above reflect votes cast for legislation, coauthors of bills, press releases announcing legislators’ support for bills, letters to the Governor, and individual legislators’ notification to the Office of the Governor expressing their support for specific bills.