HOUSE BILL 3

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)