Pennsylvania’s Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would ban students from using their cellphones in school, CBS News reported today.

The bipartisan “Phone-Free Schools” bill, which received a 46-1 vote, is now headed to the Pennsylvania House and “would establish statewide standards for public schools and bar students from using their phones any time they are in school, not just during instructional periods,” CBS News wrote.

Senate Bill 1014 allows school districts to decide the implementation, enforcement, and storage of students’ phones during the day. It includes exceptions for students with individualized learning plans or other medical needs, and teachers can also request to incorporate the devices into a lesson plan with administrative support.

The bill was unanimously approved in December by the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee.

Senators Art Haywood of Abington Township and Maria Collett of Fort Washington are listed as co-sponsors. Governor Josh Shapiro voiced his support for the bill last week.

“Students need to spend time focused on learning, on socializing with their peers and on developing the critical skills they’ll need later in life,” Shapiro wrote in a social media post on January 29. “I’m calling on the State Legislature to send a bill to my desk requiring our schools to implement policies that take cellphones and mobile devices out of kids’ hands from the time they start class until the time they leave for home — helping teachers and kids focus on learning.”

The bill is below:

If passed, Pennsylvania would join 27 other states that have restricted cellphone use in schools. Eighteen of those states enforce all-day bans.

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