File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 656
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Petzold, Bronrott, Barkley, Brown, Bobo, Burns, Cane,
Cryor, D. Davis, Franchot, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Hutchins, Kagan,
Kopp, Leopold, Mandel, Menes, Morhaim, Pitkin, Rudolph, Sophocleus, and
Stern
- Entitled:
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Vehicle Laws - Alcoholic Beverages - Open Containers
Prohibiting a person from keeping a container in the passenger
compartment of a motor vehicle while that vehicle is on a highway or
right-of-way if the container contains alcohol and has had its seal
broken or its contents partially removed; providing that the Act does
not prohibit a person other than the driver from possessing an open
alcoholic container in a bus, Class B (for hire) vehicle, or the
living quarters of a mobile home; establishing a maximum penalty for a
violation of the Act; and defining terms.
House Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 2/8
- Re-assigned Judiciary
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
- Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25
- Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
- Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -see also- DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
- BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
- MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK
- PENALTIES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Transportation
- (
21-905 ,
27-101
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered