Reckless driving; causing death while driving with suspended license, guilty of Class 6 felony. (HB96)
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Description
Driving on a suspended or revoked license and causing the death of another person; penalty. Provides that any person who drives a motor vehicle in a reckless manner knowing his driver's license is suspended or revoked and causes an accident that results in the death of another person is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Read the Bill »
Status
02/17/2014: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
Date | Action |
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12/13/2013 | Committee |
12/13/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100796D |
12/13/2013 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
12/26/2013 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB96) |
01/20/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB96) |
01/23/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB96) |
01/30/2014 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
01/31/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) |
01/31/2014 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
02/03/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104737D-H1 |
02/03/2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2014 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/04/2014 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB96H1) |
02/05/2014 | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2014 | Read first time |
02/10/2014 | Read second time |
02/10/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104737D-H1 |
02/10/2014 | Passed by temporarily |
02/10/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB96H1 |
02/11/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB96H1) |
02/11/2014 | Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) |
02/11/2014 | VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 11-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/12/2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/17/2014 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
Thank you to Del. Chris Head for filing this bill. We ask for the support to pass this bill. Our family lost a member 18 months ago due to the actions of a driver that had his license suspended. This driver continued to drive for an entire year, was caught and charged serveral times before causing an accident that lead to the death of two people. By law, he was not charged with their deaths but once again charged with driving on a suspended.
Without the passing of this law, Virginia families will never see these illegal driver held accountable for the death of their families and friends.
Our hope is not only seeing this bill passed, but to see stiffer pentalies for drivers that continue to drive after having their license are taken. Maybe, if the driver that caused this accident had been given some jail time after the first or second time he was caught,two families would not still be learning to live without dear people.