1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 699

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Sponsored By:
Delegates D. Davis, Grosfeld, Bronrott, Hurson, Marriott, Barkley, Bobo, Kagan, Stern, Getty, Morhaim, Barve, La Vay, Petzold, Patterson, James, Amedori, Goldwater, Kopp, Mandel, Cryor, Pitkin, Howard, Snodgrass, Frush, Moe, Hixson, Rawlings, Hecht, Leopold, Dypski, Kach, Boutin, Conway, Hubbard, Stocksdale, Franchot, Heller, Parrott, Cane, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, D'Amato, Glassman, and Shriver
Entitled:
Alcohol Related Driving Offenses - Blood Alcohol Concentration Levels - Qualification for Federal Transportation Funding

Synopsis:

Reducing the level of alcohol concentration required for a determination of driving while intoxicated per se from 0.10 to 0.08; making conforming changes to the level of alcohol concentration regarding driving while under the influence of alcohol; reducing the level of alcohol concentration that will result in the suspension of a driver's license under certain circumstances; reducing the level of alcohol concentration that will result in the crime of homicide by motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated per se; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/12
First Reading Judiciary
2/16
Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25
Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ACCIDENTS
BOATS AND SHIPS
CHEMICAL TESTS -see also- BLOOD TESTS
DRIVERS' LICENSES
DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FORMS
HOMICIDE
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK
RULES AND REGULATIONS
STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 10-307 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 388A , 388B )
Transportation
( 11-127.1 , 16-205.1 , 21-902 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered