The chair of the House Crime Committee -- Rep. Scott Lipke, R-Jackson -- has proposed for the last two years a measure that would impose a prescription requirement. The measure cleared the Crime Committee this year but was rejected for full House consideration by the House Rules Committee.
Rep. Scott Lipke, R-Jackson, sponsor of the House bill that included the provision to ban teens from texting, is worried the new law will be difficult to enforce.
But Republican Representative Scott Lipke says drivers using their phone for other purposes will make it difficult for patrolmen to determine whether underage drivers are breaking the law.