File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 0006/96 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Dewberry, Hurson, Busch, Guns, Hixson, and
Rawlings
- Entitled:
-
Vehicle Laws - Eluding Police - Penalties
Making it a felony for a driver to elude police by willfully failing
to stop and continuing into another state; increasing the penalty for
attempting to elude police resulting in injury to another from not
more than $3,000 or 3 years' imprisonment, or both, to $5,000 or 5
years' imprisonment, or both; and increasing the penalty for
attempting to elude police resulting in the death of another from
$5,000 or 5 years' imprisonment, or both, to $10,000 or 10 years'
imprisonment, or both.
House Action
- 11/15
- Pre-filed
- 1/8
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 1/22 at 10:30 a.m.
- 2/3
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 2/4
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/7
- Third Reading Passed (123-5)
Senate Action
- 2/10
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/12
- Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
- Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
- Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
- Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ACCIDENTS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JURISDICTION
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
- MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK
- PENALTIES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
4-301 ,
4-302
)
- Transportation
- (
21-904 ,
27-101
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)