HOUSE BILL 374

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving

Sponsored By:

Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Kelley, Anderson, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Burns, Dumais, Eckardt, Hennessy, and Petzold

Entitled:

Vehicle Laws - Drunk and Drugged Driving - Consecutive Sentences

Synopsis:

Providing that sentences imposed against a person for multiple violations arising out of the same incident shall be imposed consecutively if the person is convicted of both a specified alcohol-related driving offense and driving while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/28

First Reading Judiciary

Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

2/23

Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Special Comm. on (House)

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28

Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

Bill affects the following Statute:

Transportation

( 21-902 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered