LCO No. 505 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5342 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 505 Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE Introduced by: REP. HARDING, 107th Dist. AN ACT ENCOURAGING INSURERS TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to encourage 1 insurers doing business in this state to develop technology to prevent 2 persons from sending or reading text messages with a hand-held 3 mobile telephone or mobile electronic device while operating a motor 4 vehicle. 5 Statement of Purpose: To encourage insurers doing business in this state to develop technology to prevent persons from sending or reading text messages with a hand-held mobile telephone or mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle.