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SB 125 Punitive damages; persons injured by intoxicated drivers.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Punitive damages for persons injured by intoxicated drivers. Provides that, for the purposes of a punitive damages award in a civil action for personal injury or death arising from the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, in order to have a rebuttable presumption that a defendant's blood alcohol concentration at the time of the incident causing injury or death was at least as high as results of a blood or breath test, such test must have been administered in accordance with the provisions of §§ 18.2-268.1 through 18.2-268.12, which lay out the procedures for obtaining blood and breath tests. Under current law, to have the rebuttable presumption, such blood or breath test must have been administered within three hours of the incident causing injury or death.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101257D pdf
- 03/10/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB125ER) pdf
- 03/25/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/28/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101257D
- 12/28/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/09/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/22/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 House: Read second time
- 03/07/16 House: Read third time
- 03/07/16 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/07/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/07/16 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/10/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB125ER)
- 03/10/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/25/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/25/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)