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Legislation


1999 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 127

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Prior Year Introduction As: SB 160/98 - JPR
Sponsored By:
Senators Lawlah, Jacobs, Madden, Currie, Hughes, Hollinger, Frosh, McCabe, Conway, Hoffman, Dorman, Stoltzfus, Van Hollen, McFadden, and Dyson
Entitled:
Drunk Driving - Intoxicated Per Se - Driving While Under the Influence

Synopsis:

Reducing the level of alcohol concentration required for a determination of driving while intoxicated per se from 0.10 to 0.08; reducing the level of alcohol concentration that will result in the suspension of a driver's license from 0.10 to 0.08; reducing the level of alcohol concentration that will result in the crimes of homicide or life threatening injury while intoxicated per se from 0.10 to 0.08; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/22
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
1/27
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
3/25
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
Senator Christopher J. McCabe, District 14
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ACCIDENTS
CHEMICAL TESTS -see also- BLOOD TESTS
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
DRIVERS' LICENSES
DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
EVIDENCE
HOMICIDE
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 10-307 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 388A , 388A , 388B , 388B )
Transportation
( 11-127.1 , 16-205.1 , 16-205.1 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered
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