Arizona Senate rejects texting amendment

PHOENIX - The Arizona Senate has rejected an effort to create a statewide ban on texting while driving by amending an existing House bill.

Legislature opens with plenty on its plate

PHOENIX - While guns and the budget are expected to be the main course for the state legislative session starting today, lawmakers have an extensive menu of side dishes likely to provoke debate.

Incoming Senator Farley to push ban on texting, driving

State Sen.-elect Steve Farley said he will reintroduce legislation next year to ban texting while driving, despite repeated rejections in the House, noting that the rest of the country has finally caught up with his idea.

Few tickets issued here despite new texting law

Always wear a seatbelt. Don't drink and drive.

House reverses itself, kills texting-while-driving bill

PHOENIX - Calling it an unnecessary intrusion on individual rights, the state House voted narrowly Monday to kill legislation that would have imposed Arizona's first-ever statewide ban on texting while driving.