Eluding police; penalty. (HB296)
Introduced By
Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Eluding police; penalty. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer pursues a person who has disregarded a law-enforcement officer's signal to stop his motor vehicle and the person drives in willful and wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or to endanger another person and the law-enforcement officer suffers serious bodily injury as a direct and proximate result of the pursuit, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Under current law, the law-enforcement officer must be killed in order for the Class 4 felony to apply. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/04/2016 | Committee |
01/04/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103082D |
01/04/2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/09/2016 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB296) |
02/01/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB296) |
02/16/2016 | Left in Courts of Justice |