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2002 SESSION

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HB 1056 Hit and run; duty of driver to stop.

Introduced by: Kenneth R. Melvin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Hit and run; duty of driver to stop. Provides that any person convicted of hit and run is guilty of (i) a Class 5 felony if the accident results in injury to or the death of any person, or (ii) a Class 1 misdemeanor if the accident results only in damage to property. Under current law, anyone convicted of hit and run is guilty of a Class 5 felony, regardless of the extent of injury or damage.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 020003848  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 020003848
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/18/02  House: Assigned to M., P. & P. S. sub-committee: 2
• 02/01/02  House: Referred from M., P. & P. S. (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/02  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/08/02  House: Stricken from docket by C. J. (22-Y 0-N)