Texting while driving ban gets support in Mo.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A bill banning all Missouri drivers from text-messaging draws broad support in a Senate committee.

Lobbyists representing police, highway workers, doctors, a cell phone company, bicyclists and senior citizens all testified in support of the legislation Wednesday in the Senate Transportation Committee.

A Missouri law enacted last year bars people age 21 and younger from writing, sending or reading text messages while driving a vehicle. Violators can be fined $200.

Sen. Ryan McKenna, of Crystal City, is sponsoring legislation to extend the prohibition to all drivers, regardless of age. No one testified against the bill during Wednesday's hearing.