Drunk driving; mandatory minimum jail time for third offense. (HB2329)

Introduced By

Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock)

Description

Mandatory minimum jail time for third offense DUI. Provides that the sentence of any person convicted of three DUI offenses committed within a 10-year period shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of confinement of six months, as opposed to the current 90 days. The bill also provides that if the three offenses were committed within a five-year period, the sentence shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of confinement of one year, as opposed to the current six months. Amends § 18.2-270 (“Penalty for driving while intoxicated; subsequent offense; prior conviction.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

No Richmond Sunlight visitors voted on this bill while voting was open.