File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 656/99 - JPR
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Lawlah, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Hooper,
Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, Roesser, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- 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 motor home; establishing a maximum penalty for a
violation of the Act; and defining terms.
Senate Action
- 1/19
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -see also- AB-BY SUBD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
- HIGHWAYS
- MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
- 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