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HB 8 Vessel accident; requires passengers 18 years of age or older to report, penalty.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Reporting of vessel accident; penalty. Requires any passenger 18 years of age or older who is a passenger in a vessel that is involved in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury or death and in which the operator has (i) failed to stop and render assistance, and (ii) failed to report the accident in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to notify, within a reasonable time, a law-enforcement officer, conservation police officer, or an officer of the Virginia Marine Police. If such a report is not filed, the passenger is subject to a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 11/29/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100111D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12104911D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105354D-H2 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 11/29/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100111D
- 11/29/11 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
- 01/19/12 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/12 House: Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 01/25/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/12 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/01/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/12 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/12 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12104911D-H1
- 02/03/12 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/12 House: Assigned App. sub: Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources
- 02/09/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105354D-H2
- 02/12/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Read second time
- 02/13/12 House: Courts of Justice Committee substitute rejected 12104911D-H1
- 02/13/12 House: Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 12105354D-H2
- 02/13/12 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB8H2
- 02/14/12 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 03/01/12 Senate: Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)
- 03/01/12 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 03/02/12 Senate: Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 11/30/12 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice