CHAPTER NUMBER: 2
File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 994/00 - JUD
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 4
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Giannetti, Amedori, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Boutin,
Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Carlson, Cryor, Dembrow, Dypski, Eckardt,
Elliott, Franchot, Glassman, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Hurson, Hutchins,
Kagan, Leopold, Menes, Morhaim, Owings, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold,
Pitkin, Ports, Riley, Rosso, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Swain, Turner,
Valderrama, and Zirkin
- Entitled:
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Drunk and Drugged Driving - Evidence - Refusal to Submit to Test for
Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
Repealing a prohibition against an inference or presumption concerning
guilt or innocence arising because of a person's refusal to submit to
a specified test for alcohol, drugs, or controlled dangerous
substances.
House Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/26
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 2/27
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/1
- Third Reading Passed (129-3)
- 4/2
- Returned Passed
- 4/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 2
Senate Action
- 3/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
- Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
- Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
- Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
- Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
- Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28
- Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
- Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
- Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
- Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
- Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
- Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
- EVIDENCE
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
10-309
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 1, 2001: Third Reading Passed (129-3)
- Senate
- April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
