SB368: Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty.

Chief Patron

John Watkins (R-10)
Served: 1998–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

04/02/2008: signed by governor

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01/08/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084500348
01/08/2008 Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/11/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB368)
01/14/2008 Rereferred from Transportation (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/14/2008 Rereferred to Courts of Justice
01/17/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/23/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2008 Rereferred to Finance
01/24/2008 Committee substitute printed 080837348-S1
01/24/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB368S1)
01/29/2008 Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2008 Read second time
01/31/2008 Reading of substitute waived
01/31/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 080837348-S1
01/31/2008 Reading of amendment waived
01/31/2008 Committee amendment agreed to
01/31/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB368ES1
01/31/2008 Printed as engrossed 080837348-ES1
02/01/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB368ES1)
02/01/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2008 Communicated to House
02/12/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/12/2008 Read first time
02/12/2008 Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/19/2008 Referred from Transportation
02/19/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/29/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 1-N)
03/03/2008 Committee substitute printed 080902348-H1
03/04/2008 Read second time
03/05/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB368H1)
03/05/2008 Passed by for the day
03/06/2008 Read third time
03/06/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 080902348-H1
03/06/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB368H1
03/06/2008 Passed House with substitute (94-Y 5-N)
03/06/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (94-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 36-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 House insisted on substitute
03/06/2008 House requested conference committee
03/06/2008 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
03/06/2008 Senators: Puckett, Watkins, Ticer
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by House
03/06/2008 Delegates: Ware, R.L., Cline, Valentine
03/07/2008 Reading of conference report waived
03/07/2008 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2008 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
03/07/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/24/2008 Enrolled
03/24/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB368ER)
03/24/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/26/2008 Signed by President
04/02/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 811 (effective 7/1/08)
04/03/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB368ER)

Summary

Eluding police; penalties. Provides that if a person is killed, whether as the direct or indirect result of the actions of a driver who has disregarded a law-enforcement officer's signal to stop his motor vehicle and who operates his motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger a person, the driver is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill also raises from Class 3 to Class 1 the misdemeanor penalty for eluding police. The bill does not change the existing Class 6 felony imposed when the eluding endangers a person or interferes with or endangers the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle.

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