HOUSE BILL 375

Sponsored By:

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

Entitled:

Drunk and Drugged Driving - Evidence - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances

Synopsis:

Repealing the right of a person to not be compelled to submit to a test for alcohol, drugs, or controlled dangerous substances under specified circumstances; making a refusal of a person to submit to a test for alcohol, drugs, or controlled dangerous substances under specified circumstances a misdemeanor; providing for specified penalties; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess a specified number of points against the driver's license of a person who is convicted of refusing to submit to a test; etc.

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 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 Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CHEMICAL TESTS

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.

DRIVERS' LICENSES

DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING

MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION

PENALTIES

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 10-309 )

Criminal Procedure

( 6-220 )

Transportation

( 16-205.1 , 16-205.1 , 16-205.1 , 16-402 , 27-101 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered