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2013 SESSION

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SB 1272 DUI; penalty when person is convicted of felony offense, punishment for subsequent violation.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Felony DUI; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a felony DUI offense (including DUI manslaughter and DUI maiming, by motor vehicle or watercraft) is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any subsequent DUI conviction, that punishment includes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year, and the person is subject to the same driver's license revocation provision as for a third or subsequent DUI conviction within 10 years, which means that the person can petition for reinstatement of his driver's license five years after the date of his last conviction. This bill is identical to HB 1559.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/13  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 13103379D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/11/13  House: Committee substitute printed 13105085D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/23/13  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1272ER)  pdf | impact statements
• 03/20/13  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/13  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 13103379D
• 01/14/13  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/25/13  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N)
• 01/25/13  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 01/29/13  Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/13  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/13  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/13  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/13  House: Read first time
• 02/11/13  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/11/13  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/13  House: Committee substitute printed 13105085D-H1
• 02/11/13  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/12/13  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
• 02/14/13  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/13  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/13  House: Read second time
• 02/20/13  House: Read third time
• 02/20/13  House: Committee substitute agreed to 13105085D-H1
• 02/20/13  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1272H1
• 02/20/13  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/13  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/13  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/13  Senate: Title replaced 13105085D-H1
• 02/23/13  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/23/13  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1272ER)
• 02/23/13  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/13  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/20/13  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 655 (effective 7/1/13)
• 03/20/13  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)