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LAWMAKERS TARGET TEXTING, TALKING WHILE DRIVING
Another bill has been filed for the 2019 legislative session that would allow law-
enforcement officers to pull over motorists for texting or talking on hand-held cell
phones while driving. Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, filed a measure (HB 107) on Monday
that would prohibit drivers from talking on cell phones that are not hands-free devices
and would make enforcement a “primary” offense…
LAWMAKERS COULD
CONSIDER E-VERIFY
REQUIREMENT
Florida businesses would have to
use a federal database to verify the
immigration status of new employees,
under proposals filed in the House and
Senate for the 2019 legislative session.
Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach,
filed the Senate version of the proposal
(SB 164) on Tuesday. It would require
private and public employers and
state contractors to enroll in E-Verify,
an electronic federal database within
the Social Security Administration and
Department of Homeland Security…
-News Service of Florida
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