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

Introduced By

Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian)

Progress

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

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

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