2004 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 173

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 218
Sponsored By:
Delegates Menes, Barkley, Bobo, Boutin, Conroy, Goldwater, Hubbard, Mandel, McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Rudolph, Hennessy, Petzold, and Sophocleus
Entitled:
Homicide by Aggressive Driving

Synopsis:

Establishing the crime of homicide by aggressive driving for a person who causes the death of another as the result of committing at least three specified violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; providing for specified penalties and assessment of points for a conviction of homicide by aggressive driving; providing for specified procedures in a prosecution for homicide by aggressive driving; and requiring a clerk of the court to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of a conviction for homicide by aggressive driving.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/21
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
3/1
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING
CLERKS OF COURT
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DRIVERS' LICENSES
HOMICIDE -see also- MANSLAUGHTER; MURDER
INDICTMENTS
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
NOTICES
PENALTIES
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Criminal Law
( 2-601 , 2-602 , 2-603 )
Transportation
( 16-402 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered