An eastern Kentucky lawmaker is getting behind a texting while driving ban.

State Representative Rick Nelson, of Middlesboro, has filed a measure that would add Kentucky to a growing list of states that have passed laws against texting while driving.

Bowling Green State Representative Jody Richards told WBKO two weeks ago he's pre-filed a separate bill on the same issue.

The Governors Highway Safety Administration Director, Barbara Harsha, said she expects a flood of additional state legislatures to take up the issue when they convene their 2010 sessions.