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2022 SESSION
SB 729 Catalytic converters; tampering with, etc., penalty.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Catalytic converters; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, when such violation involves the breaking, injuring, tampering with, or removal of a catalytic converter or the parts thereof. The bill also provides that prosecution for such felony is a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under the Code section prohibiting the injuring, etc., of any property, monument, etc., for the same act. Current law makes such violation a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Additionally, the bill requires that the copies of the documentation that scrap metal purchasers are required to maintain for purchases of catalytic converters or the parts thereof (i) establish that the person from whom they purchased the catalytic converter or the parts thereof had lawful possession of it at the time of sale or delivery and (ii) detail the scrap metal purchaser's diligent inquiry into whether the person selling had a legal right to do so. The bill also requires that such documentation be maintained for at least two years after the purchase and that copies be made available upon request to any law-enforcement officer, conservator of the peace, or special conservator of the peace in the performance of his duties who presents his credentials at the scrap metal purchaser's normal business location during normal business hours. This bill incorporates SB 41 and is identical to HB 740.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104804D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106001D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106963D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/12/22 Senate: Conference substitute printed 22107918D-S2 pdf | impact statements
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB729ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104804D
- 01/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/31/22 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
- 02/07/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106001D-S1
- 02/07/22 Senate: Incorporates SB41 (Spruill)
- 02/08/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/09/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106001D-S1
- 02/09/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB729S1
- 02/10/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/22/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/23/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 4-N)
- 02/25/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106963D-H1
- 02/28/22 House: Read second time
- 03/01/22 House: Read third time
- 03/01/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106963D-H1
- 03/01/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB729H1
- 03/01/22 House: Passed House with substitute (72-Y 28-N)
- 03/01/22 House: VOTE: Passage (72-Y 28-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/22 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 34-N)
- 03/07/22 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/07/22 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senators: Surovell, Ruff, Spruill
- 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Bell, Williams, Carr
- 03/12/22 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/12/22 Senate: Conference substitute printed 22107918D-S2
- 03/12/22 House: Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 38-N)
- 03/12/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 38-N)
- 03/12/22 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB729ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 665 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)