A bill that would ban texting while driving in South Dakota, and overwrite local bans is up for a hearing in a Senate committee today.

Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton, Co-Chair of the Judiciary Committee, says the state law is needed to clarify and unify the local bans…

 

Stevens says no one knows which city has which ban right now…

 

Stevens says he thinks over time, the text ban will not be seen as such a big issue…