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2007 SESSION
HB 2978 Watercraft; maiming of another resulting from operating thereof while intoxicated.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Maiming resulting from operating a watercraft while intoxicated; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony to operate a watercraft while intoxicated in violation of § 29.1-738 or any local ordinance substantially similar in a manner so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show reckless disregard for human life, and to unintentionally cause the serious bodily injury of another person resulting in permanent and significant physical impairment. The bill also adds statutes dealing with boating while intoxicated to the statute that allows written reports of blood alcohol tests conducted upon persons receiving medical treatment in a hospital or emergency room to be admissible in evidence as a business records exception to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for DUI. This bill is identical to SB 1130.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073229232 pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077810232-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070587820-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2978ER) pdf | impact statements
- 04/05/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073229232
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/22/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077810232-H1
- 01/24/07 House: Read first time
- 01/25/07 House: Read second time
- 01/25/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077810232-H1
- 01/25/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2978H1
- 01/26/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/07/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070587820-S1
- 02/09/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070587820-S1
- 02/12/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2978S1
- 02/12/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/07 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2978ER)
- 02/22/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 679 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/05/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)