Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty. (HB113)
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Disregarding signal to stop; death of person; penalties. Provides that if a person is killed, whether as the direct or indirect result of the actions of a driver who has disregarded an 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 increases the penalty for disregarding a signal from a law-enforcement officer to stop or attempting to escape or elude a law-enforcement officer from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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12/17/2007 | Committee |
12/17/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084324780 |
12/17/2007 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
12/18/2007 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB113) |
01/10/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
01/31/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB113) |
02/01/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2008 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/04/2008 | Committee substitute printed 080827780-H1 |
02/04/2008 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB113H1) |
02/05/2008 | Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood) |
02/05/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB113H1) |
02/08/2008 | Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2008 | Read first time |
02/11/2008 | Read second time |
02/11/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 080827780-H1 |
02/11/2008 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB113H1 |
02/12/2008 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) |
02/12/2008 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2008 | Communicated to Senate |
02/13/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/13/2008 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
02/21/2008 | Rereferred from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) |
02/21/2008 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
02/22/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
02/28/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) |
02/29/2008 | Committee substitute printed 081576780-S1 |
02/29/2008 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB113S1) |
03/03/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
03/04/2008 | Read third time |
03/04/2008 | Reading of substitute waived |
03/04/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 081576780-S1 |
03/04/2008 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB113S1 |
03/04/2008 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
03/05/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (1-Y 94-N) |
03/05/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
03/05/2008 | Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 94-N) |
03/05/2008 | VOTE: --- REJECTED (1-Y 94-N) |
03/06/2008 | Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
03/06/2008 | Senate requested conference committee |
03/06/2008 | House acceded to request |
03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/06/2008 | Delegates: Ware, R.L., Cline, Valentine |
03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
03/06/2008 | Senators: Puckett, Watkins, Ticer |
03/07/2008 | Reading of conference report waived |
03/07/2008 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2008 | Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) |
03/24/2008 | Enrolled |
03/24/2008 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB113ER) |
03/24/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
03/26/2008 | Signed by President |
04/02/2008 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 773 (effective 7/1/08) |
04/03/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB113ER) |
Comments
A class 3 misdemeanor for wantonly disregarding a police signal to stop is ridiculous. It's about time somebody proposed a law to increase the penalty on that. (The felony eluding kicks in when the behavior presents a danger to any person.)