Jesse SchecknerMarch 12, 2024
7min0
The proposal died without a hearing this year.
Tag: Dori Slosberg
Jesse SchecknerMarch 12, 2024Jesse SchecknerDecember 12, 20236min0
The accidental removal of a memorial honoring five teens who died in a 1996 crash prompted the legislation.
Jacob OglesJanuary 18, 2022
5min0
Fiona McFarland wants water sports instructors required to wear kill switches for motorboat engines.
Scott PowersApril 14, 20215min2125
'They just don't condition us to stop. They do the opposite.'
Drew WilsonJanuary 8, 2019
4min475
Mr. President, make America’s roads safe again. The beginning of every year should be a time of hope, with the possibility of changing behavior for the better. Tragically, a traffic crash only three days into the new year ended in death for five children aged 9 to 14 on I-75 Gainesville. My nightmare began on […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2018
4min296
A bill that would change texting-while-driving to a ‘primary’ offense unanimously cleared a House committee on Tuesday, the first day of the 2018 Legislative Session. The bill (HB 33), sponsored by Tampa Republican Jackie Toledo and Boca Raton Democrat Emily Slosberg, was considered by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. Florida was one of the last states in […]
Phil AmmannApril 24, 2017
6min237
Twenty-one years after a car crash that took her twin sister’s life, Emily Slosberg is continuing the fight to make Florida roads safer. Slosberg, the state representative and daughter of longtime Democratic state lawmaker Irv Slosberg, has picked up her father’s crusade on driver’s safety by championing stronger texting while driving laws statewide. As reported […]
Jim RosicaApril 3, 20175min436
The Legislature can’t create an exception for Palm Beach County to make texting while driving in a school zone a primary offense there, Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s office said in a recent letter. The answer came in response to a question from state Rep. Emily Slosberg, a Boca Raton Democrat elected last year. The informal legal opinion letter, […]