HOUSE BILL 849

Sponsored By:

Delegates Genn and Taylor and Delegates W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Beck, Benson, Bissett, Bobo, Boston, Bozman, Branch, Brinkley, E. Burns, M. Burns, Busch, Cadden, Campbell, Ciliberti, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, Crumlin, Cryor, Curran, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Fry, Fulton, Getty, Goldwater, Gordon, Greenip, Grosfeld, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holt, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kagan, Kach, Kelly, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Mohorovic, Morgan, Morhaim, Mossburg, D. Murphy, T. Murphy, Muse, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rawlings, Rosapepe, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Schade, Shriver, Slade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Stup, Turner, Valderrama, Walkup, Watson, Weir, Willis, and Wood

Entitled:

Manslaughter by Vehicle and Homicide by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Intoxicated, Intoxicated Per Se, or Under the Influence - Penalties

Synopsis:

Making manslaughter by vehicle a felony; making it a felony to cause the death of another as a result of negligent driving, operation, or control of a motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated, intoxicated per se, or under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous substance; and generally relating to manslaughter by vehicle and homicide by motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated, intoxicated per se, or under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous substance.

Legislative History

House Action

1/31

First Reading Judiciary

2/5

Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.

3/10

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/11

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/13

Third Reading Passed (135-0)

4/5

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (129-0)

Passed Enrolled

5/8

Signed by the Governor Chapter 373

Senate Action

3/14

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

3/25

Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.

4/7

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/6

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Motion 2rdgs same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Green) Adopted

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate James W. Campbell, District 42

Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

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 George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24

Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Flanagan, District 14B

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Janet Greenip, District 33

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate James M. Kelly, District 9B

Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate John S. Morgan, District 13B

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39

Delegate Donald E. Murphy, District 12A

Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A

Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32

Delegate Victoria L. Schade, District 31

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate Carmena F. Watson, District 44

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate Ellen L. Willis, District 5

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ACCIDENTS

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES

DEATH -see also- WRONGFUL DEATH

DISTRICT COURTS

DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING

JURISDICTION

MANSLAUGHTER

MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK

MURDER

PENALTIES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 4-301 , 4-302 )

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 388 , 388A )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 581487/2 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 11, 1997 at: 10:43 Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 728547/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 12:07 Status: Adopted