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1998 SESSION
HB 1144 Exemplary damages for persons injured by intoxicated drivers.
Introduced by: Brian J. Moran | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Exemplary damages for persons injured by intoxicated drivers. Provides that when a DUI defendant has unreasonably refused to submit to a test of his blood alcohol content, his conduct shall be deemed sufficiently willful or wanton as to show a conscious disregard for the rights of others, sufficient to allow for recovery of exemplary damages, when the evidence proves that (i) when the incident causing the injury or death occurred, the defendant was intoxicated; (ii) at the time the defendant was drinking alcohol, he knew that he was going to operate a motor vehicle and (iii) the defendant's intoxication was a proximate cause of the injury to or death of the plaintiff or plaintiff's decedent.
FULL TEXT
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 989305362 pdf
- 03/31/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1144ER) pdf
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 989305362
- 01/26/98 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/98 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
- 02/16/98 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 4-N)
- 02/16/98 House: Read first time
- 02/17/98 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/17/98 House: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/98 House: Passed House (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/98 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/19/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/19/98 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/98 Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil & Property Law
- 03/08/98 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds. (10-Y 4-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/11/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/11/98 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/11/98 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/11/98 Senate: Pending question ordered (29-Y 10-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: VOTE: PENDING QUESTION R (29-Y 10-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/11/98 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 15-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (24-Y 15-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: Motion to pass by for the day withdrawn by Sen. Stolle
- 03/11/98 Senate: Reconsider pending question agd. to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: Pending question withdrawn by Sen. Marsh
- 03/11/98 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 15-N)
- 03/11/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (23-Y 15-N)
- 03/12/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/12/98 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/31/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1144ER)
- 04/06/98 House: Enrolled
- 04/06/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/08/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/16/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (effective 7/1/98)
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)