CHAPTER NUMBER: 108
File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 3
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Forehand, Ruben,
Lawlah, Ferguson, Green, Hoffman, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley,
Roesser, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Alcoholic Beverage Consumption or
Possession of Open or Unsealed Container
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.
Senate Action
- 07/26
- Pre-filed
- 1/9
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/6
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Mooney) Adopted
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 4/3
- Returned Passed
- 4/25
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 108
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 4/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (128-7)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- 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
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 188175/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 20, 2002 at:
12:37 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 2002: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- House
- April 2, 2002: Third Reading Passed (128-7)
