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HB 1941 Driving while intoxicated or operating watercraft while intoxicated; maiming, etc., of another.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Maiming, etc., of another; driving while intoxicated; operating watercraft while intoxicated; penalties. Increases from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony the punishment for a person who, as a result of driving while intoxicated or operating a watercraft or motorboat while intoxicated in a manner so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show reckless disregard for human life, unintentionally causes the serious bodily injury, as defined in the bill, of another person resulting in permanent and significant physical impairment. The bill creates a Class 6 felony for such driving or operation that unintentionally causes the serious bodily injury, as defined in the bill, of another person.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102606D pdf | impact statements
- 02/11/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106787D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1941ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102606D
- 01/06/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/30/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 1-N)
- 02/03/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106787D-S1
- 02/11/19 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106787D-S1
- 02/20/19 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/19 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1941S1
- 02/20/19 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/19 House: Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 19106787D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
- 02/21/19 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/21/19 House: House acceded to request
- 02/21/19 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/19 House: Delegates: Bell, Robert B., Collins, Bourne
- 02/21/19 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senators: McDougle, Stuart, Edwards
- 02/23/19 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/19 House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/23/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/19 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1941ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 465 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)