(LEX 18) — Kentucky is moving closer to joining 29 other states with comprehensive hands-free driving laws after a mother whose 2-year-old daughter was killed by a distracted driver testified before lawmakers.

Senate Transportation Chair Jimmy Higdon presented the Phone Down Kentucky Act during the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation meeting on Tuesday.

The legislation would extend Kentucky's existing texting-while-driving ban to cover nearly all uses of personal communication devices unless operated hands-free.

Alyssa Burns, whose daughter Camberleigh was killed in a 2022 Louisville crash, joined Higdon at the committee meeting to share her family's experience and advocate for the bill.

"An innocent child was torn apart literally," Burns said, describing the horrific injuries he

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