Raimondo signs bill banning hand-held cellphone use while driving

Kyle Borowski

07/11/2017

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO signed a bill on Monday banning the use of hand held devices while driving starting June 1, 2018. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE - A bill criminalizing the usage of any “non-hands-free personal wireless communication device” was signed into law by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Monday, one of the bills to make it past the Governors desk despite the budget dispute embroiling the General Assembly. The law will go into effect June 1, 2018 and prohibits usage…

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