Action Alert: HB 117 Needs Your Support

You are receiving this email because you are a constituent of a Texas Representative on the Texas House Transportation Committee.

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.

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.