1999 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 255

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Sponsored By:
Senators Ruben, Lawlah, Dyson, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Haines, Mitchell, Blount, Conway, Currie, Dorman, Frosh, Hoffman, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Madden, McCabe, McFadden, Roesser, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled:
Drunk Driving - Intoxicated Per Se - Driving While Under the Influence

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

Senate Action
2/3
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
3/25
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
Senator Christopher J. McCabe, District 14
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ACCIDENTS
CHEMICAL TESTS -see also- BLOOD TESTS
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
DRIVERS' LICENSES
DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
EVIDENCE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FORMS
HOMICIDE
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 10-307 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 388A , 388A , 388B , 388B )
Transportation
( 11-127.1 , 16-205.1 , 16-205.1 )

Documents:

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

Amendments: None offered