General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6092 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1680 *01680* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6092 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1680 *01680* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist. AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION TO COMBAT DISTRACTED DRIVING. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That sufficient funds be appropriated to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, to allow members of the Division of State Police and municipal police departments to enforce distracted driving laws. Statement of Purpose: To appropriate funds to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to combat distracted driving.