2002 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 3

CHAPTER NUMBER: 109 File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 21
Sponsored By:
Delegates Petzold, Goldwater, Bronrott, Taylor, Arnick, Busch, Conway, Dewberry, Doory, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, McIntosh, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bohanan, Boutin, Burns, Cane, Carlson, Conroy, Crouse, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dobson, Donoghue, Dypski, Eckardt, Elliott, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, Hutchins, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Lee, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, Minnick, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Parrott, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Stern, Stocksdale, Valderrama, and Walkup
Entitled:
Alcoholic Beverage Consumption or Possession of Open or Unsealed Container

Synopsis:

Expanding a prohibition against consumption of an alcoholic beverage while driving a motor vehicle on a highway to include the driver's consumption in a motor vehicle that is not being driven; prohibiting a passenger from possessing an open container containing an alcoholic beverage or consuming an alcoholic beverage under specified circumstances; providing that specified violations are civil offenses; providing for the issuance of a specified citation; providing for the jurisdiction of the District Court for specified violations; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
06/25
Pre-filed
1/9
First Reading Judiciary
2/12
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
3/11
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/12
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
Special Order later today (Delegate Arnick) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/14
Third Reading Passed (122-9)
3/29
Returned Passed
4/25
Signed by the Governor Chapter 109
Senate Action
3/15
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/28
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/29
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/30
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate James G. Crouse, District 36
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Susan C Lee, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
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 Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -see also- AB-BY SUBD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
CITATIONS
DISTRICT COURTS
FINES
HIGHWAYS
JURISDICTION
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 4-401 , 4-401 )
Criminal Law (Proposed - Text available when HB 11 passed)
( 10-101 , 10-113 , 10-114 , 10-115 , 10-116 , 10-117 )
Transportation
( 21-903 , 27-101 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 313229/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 12, 2002   at: 12:03 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 432015/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 12, 2002   at: 12:01 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 14, 2002: Third Reading Passed (122-9)
Senate
March 30, 2002: Third Reading Passed (46-0)