Louisiana House approves ban on cellphone use while driving

Lawmakers are making progress to pass a bill where it would make it illegal to use a cellphone while driving.

The Louisiana State House of Representatives approved a bill banning people from using their phones while behind the wheel.

Now, the bill will move into the state senate.

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A similar bill died in the state senate in 2018.

Here are the votes:

YEAS

Mr. Speaker

Abraham

Adams

Armes

Bacala

Bagley

Berthelot

Bishop

Bourriaque

Carter, R.

Carter, S.

Chaney

Connick

Coussan

Davis

DeVillier

DuBuisson

Duplessis

Falconer

Foil

Franklin

Gisclair

Glover

Guinn

Harris, J.

Harris, L.

Henry

Hilferty

Hill

Hodges

Hoffmann

Hollis

Horton

Howard

Huval

Johnson, M.

LaCombe

Landry, N.

Leger

Mack

Magee

Marino

McFarland

McMahen

Morris, Jay

Morris, Jim

Muscarello

Pearson

Pierre

Pope

Pugh

Pylant

Richard

Schexnayder

Stokes

Talbot

Thomas

Turner

White

Wright

Zeringue

Total -- 61

NAYS

Abramson

Amedee

Anders

Bagneris

Bouie

Brass

Brown, C.

Brown, T.

Carmody

Carpenter

Carter, G.

Cox

Crews

Edmonds

Emerson

Garofalo

Ivey

Jackson

James

Jefferson

Jenkins

Johnson, R.

Jones

Jordan

Larvadain

LeBas

Lyons

Marcelle

Miguez

Miller, D.

Miller, G.

Moore

Moss

Seabaugh

Smith

Stagni

Stefanski

Total -- 37

ABSENT

Billiot

Dwight

Gaines

Landry, T.

Leopold

Norton

Simon

Total -- 7

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