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1999 SESSION

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HB 1800 Eluding police.

Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Eluding police. Changes the penalty for failing to stop, and eluding police, from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 3 misdemeanor and for eluding police while endangering persons or the police vehicle from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill creates an affirmative defense to a charge of eluding police if the defendant reasonably believed his pursuer not to be a law-enforcement officer. The bill also provides for mandatory license suspension of 30 days for a misdemeanor and 90 days for driving more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit when convicted of eluding police.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 999769350  pdf
• 02/05/99  House: Committee substitute printed 994792350-H1  pdf
• 03/08/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1800ER)  pdf
• 04/07/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/13/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 999769350
• 01/13/99  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/22/99  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 01/29/99  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (24-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/99  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/02/99  House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: Public Safety
• 02/05/99  House: Reported from Appropriations with sub. (29-Y 1-N)
• 02/05/99  House: Committee substitute printed 994792350-H1
• 02/06/99  House: Read first time
• 02/07/99  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/08/99  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/09/99  House: Read second time
• 02/09/99  House: Committee substitute agreed to 994792350-H1
• 02/09/99  House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 994792350-H1
• 02/09/99  House: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/99  House: Passed House (89-Y 10-N)
• 02/09/99  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 10-N)
• 02/09/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/11/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/11/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/18/99  Senate: Pursuant to S.Rule 20(j),rerefer. by Trans. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/99  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/21/99  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/99  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/99  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/23/99  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/23/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/23/99  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/25/99  House: Senate amendment rejected by House (10-Y 89-N)
• 02/25/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (10-Y 89-N)
• 02/25/99  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 02/25/99  Senate: Senate receded from amendment (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/99  Senate: VOTE: RECEDE (37-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1800ER)
• 03/12/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/12/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/15/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/28/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective 7/1/00)
• 04/07/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)