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You are here: Home / BikeTexas BikeNews / BikeNews; Action Alerts / Action Alert: HB 117 Needs Your Support

Action Alert: HB 117 Needs Your Support

HB 117 Needs Your Support
Does Your Representative Sit On The House Transportation Committee? Please Contact Today
YES on HB 117
NO on HB 171

HB 171 by Rep. Goldman will override all local mobile device ordinances and replace them with a new, weaker version. The sole purpose of this bill is to water down local decisions regarding mobile device use. Please vote NO on HB 171.

Action Alert: HB 117 Needs Your Support

We urge you to contact your Texas Representative and tell them that you want to support HB 117 by Rep. Uresti instead. Please vote YES on 117.

HB 117 expands and strengthens our new statewide mobile device bill (HB 62). This bill is in danger of languishing in the House Transportation Committee and dying before the end of the Special Session.

Here’s what you can do to support more stringent rules for cell phone use while driving: 

  • Find your Texas Representative and head to their contact page. Not sure what to do? See the illustrations below. (Please look up your own representative; don’t just call the folks listed here–they might not represent you!)
  • Is your Representative on the House Transportation Committee? Call or email him or her to support HB 117 and oppose HB 171.
  • Keep in mind that you will most likely speak to a legislative staffer, not the Representative.

Action Alert: HB 117 Needs Your Support

We’ve found the following format to be useful when contacting elected officials:
  • My name is _____ and my occupation is _____. I live in District ____. I support Representative Uresti’s House Bill 117. Please vote YES on Uresti’s HB 117, and NO on Goldman’s HB 171.

Relevant facts related to this legislation include:

  1. Use of a mobile device while driving is widely recognized to be a dangerous behavior.
  2. Distracted drivers are highly dangerous to bicyclists and pedestrians.
  3. Local mobile device use ordinances are frequently stricter than state law. If local voters have chosen to more strictly regulate themselves, then their decisions should be honored.
  4. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration urges local citizens to advocate for local laws with regards to distracted driving. Rep. Goldman’s HB 171 seeks to take away that local control.

Action Alert: HB 117 Needs Your Support

Thank you for speaking up for safe driving practices in Texas! One more way to help–please share this with any bike, pedestrian, or traffic safety groups you may be part of, plus all of your friends that want safer roads in our cities.

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