Pending Legislation - Drunk Driving

The State Legislative tracking serves as a comprehensive resource for those interested in legislative issues related to hardcore drunk driving. One of the goals of this section is to provide policymakers with up-to-date information about what is happening in legislatures across the country on the issue of hardcore drunk driving.

Pending drunk driving legislation - by state

AK H 19
AUTHOR: Meyer (R)
TITLE: Limited Drivers Licenses
PREFILED: 01/05/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/16/2007
LAST AMEND: 04/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to ignition interlock devices; limits driver's license privileges; relates to the crime of avoidance of ignition interlock device when a person knowingly circumvents or tampers with the device or rents a motor vehicle to a person who has an ignition interlock limited license; provides for court procedure for sentencing relating to convictions of driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant or controlled substance.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 14
AUTHOR: Keahey (D)
TITLE: Alcoholic Beverage Offenses
PREFILED: 11/28/2007
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to unlawful acts, offenses, and penalties concerning alcoholic beverages; provides for a person convicted of selling, delivering, furnishing, or giving alcoholic beverages to a person less than 21 years of age to surrender his or her license to operate a motor vehicle in this state for a period not less than three months nor more than six months; provides that the adjudicating judge shall forward a copy of the order to the Department of Public Safety.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 77
AUTHOR: Dunn (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 01/17/2008
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to a conviction of driving while under the influence of alcohol; provides for the installation and use of a certified ignition interlock device on a motor vehicle; requires any person whose driving privileges are subject to the installation and use of a certified ignition interlock device on a motor vehicle to obtain a license that states the restriction; provides for a fee for that license; provides for a penalty for persons who assist a person whose driving privileges are restricted.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 87
COMPANION: AL S 105
AUTHOR: Ball (R)
TITLE: Municipal Ordinance Violations
PREFILED: 01/17/2008
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Provides for the penalties for violations of municipal ordinances; provides that the fines for driving under the influence, reckless driving, and operating a vessel under the influence provided in municipal court may be the same as the fines provided by state law.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 112
AUTHOR: Buskey (D)
TITLE: Driver Licenses
PREFILED: 01/22/2008
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to persons to whom a driver's license may not be issued; provides for the issuance of a hardship driver's license for persons whose driving right or privilege is suspended.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 174
AUTHOR: Hurst (D)
TITLE: Drug or Alcohol Related Driver License Suspensions
PREFILED: 02/04/2008
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/16/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to the suspension of the driver's license of an individual for certain drug or alcohol related violations; provides for suspension when the individual is ordered to enter an in-patient drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility or voluntarily enters a facility approved by the court; provides that an individual would be credited for the time actually spent in a facility if the individual is released by the facility.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 176
COMPANION: AL S 123
AUTHOR: Hurst (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 02/04/2008
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to Alabama's DUI law; relates to the mandatory sentence of at least double the minimum punishment for a person convicted of DUI who has .15 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood within 4 hours of operating or being in control of a motor vehicle; clarifying that any prior conviction, regardless of date and regardless of whether it was in state or out of state, will count as a prior conviction for purposes of sentencing repeat offenders.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 229
AUTHOR: Ward (R)
TITLE: Assault Crimes
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a person commits the crime of assault in the second degree if, while driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance or any combination thereof, he or she causes bodily injury to another person with a motor vehicle.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 463
AUTHOR: Keahey (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence Penalties
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence; defines the crime and provides penalties; provides for a mandatory minimum sentence for a first offense; authorizes a court to reduce or suspend the period of suspension of a driver's license and require the use of a certified ignition interlock device under certain conditions; provides for mandatory minimum penalties for repeat offenders.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 720
AUTHOR: Treadaway (R)
TITLE: Illegal Immigration
INTRODUCED: 03/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to illegal immigration; makes it a crime for a person to transport, conceal, harbor, or in any way protect an illegal alien from detection from state or federal authorities; regulates the creation of identification cards and define who may issue the cards, who may be issued the cards, and any exemptions; requires that a reasonable effort be made to determine the citizenship status of a person charged with a felony or driving under the influence; creates Alabama verified employee identification card.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL HR 567
AUTHOR: House Rules Committee
TITLE: Special Order Calendar
INTRODUCED: 04/16/2008
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Adopted
SUMMARY:
Proposes a special order calendar.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL S 13
AUTHOR: Erwin (R)
TITLE: Crimes and Offenses
PREFILED: 12/04/2007
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to criminally negligent homicide caused by driving under the influence; requires a minimum sentence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL S 105
COMPANION: AL H 87
AUTHOR: Griffith (D)
TITLE: Violations Of Municipal Ordinances
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Provides for the penalties for violations of municipal ordinances; provides that the fines for driving under the influence, reckless driving, and operating a vessel under the influence provided in municipal court may be the same as the fines provided by state law.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL S 123
COMPANION: AL H 176
AUTHOR: Glover (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to Alabama's DUI law; amends Section 32-5A-191 to provide for a mandatory sentence of at least double the minimum punishment for a person convicted of DUI who has .15 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood within four hours of operating or being in control of a motor vehicle; clarifies that any prior conviction, regardless of date and regardless of whether it was in-state or out-of-state, will count as a prior conviction.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL SR 123
AUTHOR: Senate Rules Committee
TITLE: Special Order Calendar
INTRODUCED: 05/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Adopted
SUMMARY:
Proposes a special order calendar.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AL H 70 a
AUTHOR: Hurst (D)
TITLE: Drivers Licenses
INTRODUCED: 05/28/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Government Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the suspension of the driver's license of an individual for certain drug or alcohol related violations; provides further for the suspension when the individual is ordered to enter an in-patient drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility or voluntarily enters a facility approved by the court.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ H 2090
AUTHOR: Biggs (R)
TITLE: Extreme Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 01/11/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Commerce Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns extreme DUI; concerns alcohol concentration results and sentencing.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ H 2095
AUTHOR: Biggs (R)
TITLE: Extreme Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 01/10/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns extreme DUI; relates to sentence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ H 2207
AUTHOR: Farnsworth (R)
TITLE: Sentencing
INTRODUCED: 01/15/2008
LAST AMEND: 06/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Concerns criminal procedure and sentencing of both adults and juveniles; relates to eligibility for diversion; offenses involving weapons, assault, sexual assault, chronic felony offenders, DUI offenses, adult and juvenile probation, adjudicated delinquents, deferred prosecution programs, modified sentencing for repeat offenders, preconviction custody, controlled substances, drug treatment and mental health treatment.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ H 2395
AUTHOR: Weiers Ji (R)
TITLE: Watercraft
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/17/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY:
Relates to watercraft registration and operations; provides that a watercraft operator involved in an accident shall stop and remain at the scene; provides that a watercraft operator that wilfully flees from a pursuant law enforcement officer is guilty of a felony; provides for fines, community restitution, drug or alcohol treatment, suspended sentencing, additional assessments, minors, ignition interlock, probationer status and drug or alcohol treatment before reissuance of driving privileges.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ H 2534
AUTHOR: Farnsworth (R)
TITLE: Driving While Intoxicated
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns driving while intoxicated; relates to homicide; relates to sentencing.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ H 2753
AUTHOR: Miranda B (D)
TITLE: Traffic Citations
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns traffic citations; relates to payments; relates to reinstatement fees; relates to drivers license; provides full satisfaction of the civil penalty of the court shall notify the Department of the payment and within an amount of time shall notify the person in writing whether the driving privileges have been restored or the reasons why driving privileges are not subject to reinstatement.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1005
AUTHOR: Waring (R)
TITLE: Home Detention for Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 11/15/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to home detention; concerns DUIs; relates to ineligibility.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1008
AUTHOR: Waring (R)
TITLE: Right of Appeal
PREFILED: 11/15/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the right of appeal; provides that the appellant in an action held in a justice of the peace court may appeal to the superior court from the final order of the justice of the peace court; provides that if a law enforcement officer has probably cause to believe the person caused a traffic accident resulting in death or serious injury and was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the officer shall also serve an order of suspension of the person's drivers license.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1033
AUTHOR: Waring (R)
TITLE: Driver License Revocation
PREFILED: 12/14/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns driving under the influence; relates to driver license revocation; prohibits issuance of a new driver license until completion of community restitution.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1048
AUTHOR: Gray (R)
TITLE: Partial-birth Abortion
PREFILED: 12/19/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 06/16/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY:
Imposes criminal penalties on a physician who performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus; exempts a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness or injury, including a physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself; provides a civil cause of action for damages for physical and psychological injuries; allows a defendant to seek a hearing to determine whether the procedure was necessary.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1080
AUTHOR: Gray (R)
TITLE: Boating Registration and Violations
PREFILED: 01/10/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns operating watercraft under the influence; relates to watercraft registration; concerns sentencing and restitution.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1184
AUTHOR: Gray (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/19/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns driving under the influence; relates to penalties; includes drivers license suspension; relates to required alcohol or other drug screening, education or treatment program; concerns blood alcohol levels.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1231
AUTHOR: Gray (R)
TITLE: Drug Offense Reimbursement
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/19/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns reimbursement costs; relates to DUI; relates to drug offenses; provides the court shall order a person who is convicted of a violation to reimburse the political subdivision that is responsible for the costs that are associated with the person's conviction; provides reimbursement costs include the cost of the person's arrest and processing, all evidence storage and disposal costs, all laboratory fees and court costs related to the violation.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

AZ S 1445
AUTHOR: Waring (R)
TITLE: Driver License Suspensions
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns driver license suspensions; relates to incarceration.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 247
AUTHOR: Gaines (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Benoit (R), Maze (R), Spitzer (R), Maldonado (R), Harman (R), Dutton (R), Silva (R), Cox (R), Huff (R), Berryhill (R), Garrick (R), Jeffries (R)
TITLE: Minors: Fitness Hearing: Vehicular Manslaughter
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/05/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Amends law which enumerates specified crimes for which a minor 14 years of age or older may be prosecuted under the general law in a court of criminal jurisdiction. Adds both vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and vehicular manslaughter during the course of a speed contest, to those enumerated crimes. Corrects an obsolete cross-reference and makes other technical, nonsubstantive changes to the provisions of existing law.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 303
AUTHOR: Spitzer (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Parra (D), Maze (R), Runner S (R), Silva (R), Berryhill (R)
TITLE: Manslaughter: Vehicular
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/15/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Punishes vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence only by imprisonment in the state prison for specified periods. Includes gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated within the list of violent felonies contained in state law.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 1198
AUTHOR: Benoit (R)
TITLE: Vehicles: Driving Under the Influence: Penalties
INTRODUCED: 02/23/2007
LAST AMEND: 01/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires a person convicted of driving under the influence to pay a fine of a specified amount to be submitted to the Office of Traffic Safety for deposit in of the Office of Traffic Safety Account. Authorizes the office to expend the funds to fund the office's existing Sobriety Checkpoint Mini-Grant Program for Local Law Enforcement Agencies, and to fund grants to provide public education programs regarding, and programs to prevent the violation of laws prohibiting driving under the influence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 1215
AUTHOR: Benoit (R)
TITLE: Vehicles: DUI
INTRODUCED: 02/23/2007
LAST AMEND: 01/09/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Prohibits, upon the adoption of regulations by the Department of Justice, a person who has a measurable amount of specified controlled substances without a prescription in his or her blood or urine from driving a vehicle or being in actual physical control of a vehicle on a highway or on a premises to which the public has access. Authorizes specified medical and laboratory personnel to withdraw blood for drug content upon police request.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 1385
AUTHOR: Garrick (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Spitzer (R), Runner S (R), Parra (D), Nakanishi (R), Maze (R), Gaines (R), Berryhill (R), Fuller (R)
TITLE: Vehicles: DUI Penalties
INTRODUCED: 02/23/2007
LAST AMEND: 02/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a person operating a motorized scooter while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or a drug, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subjects a person under the age of 21 years who is convicted of driving with a specified blood alcohol concentration to a fine enhancement. Provides that a person under the age of 21 years but 13 years of age or older, if convicted of driving with a specified blood alcohol concentration, would be subject to specified penalties.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 1416
AUTHOR: Runner S (R)
TITLE: Child Endangerment
INTRODUCED: 02/23/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail or a felony punishable by imprisonment in state prison for a person to operate a motor vehicle in a manner that is a violation of a driving under the influence offense and a child is a passenger in that vehicle at the time of the violation.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 1657
AUTHOR: Runner S (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Torrico (D), Garcia (R), Horton (R), Maze (R), Spitzer (R), DeVore (R), Harman (R), Huff (R), Portantino (D), Benoit (R), Villines (R), Alquist (D), Runner G (R), Adams (R), Beall (D), Gaines (R)
TITLE: Alcoholic Beverages: Underage Drinking
INTRODUCED: 02/23/2007
LAST AMEND: 06/09/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Makes the act of providing an alcoholic beverage to a person who the provider knew, or reasonably should have known, was under the age of 21 years, and the person under the age of 21 years thereafter consumes the alcohol and thereby proximately causes great bodily injury or death to himself, herself, or any other person, and the provider knew, or reasonably should have known of that danger, punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 2073
AUTHOR: Benoit (R)
TITLE: Drug and Alcohol-Related Offenses
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/24/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Imposes specified increased sanctions on a repeat offender operating a vessel or manipulating water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar device, while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, a drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and a drug, if the current offense occurs within a specified time period of the previous conviction. Prohibits a court from absolving a person if the conviction occurs within 10 years rather than 7 years.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 2766
AUTHOR: Fuentes (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence: Administrative Hearing
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law that requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to notify the person that he or she has within 10 days of the receipt of the notice of the order of suspension or revocation to request a hearing to contest the order of suspension or revocation. Extends this period to request a hearing.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA A 2784
AUTHOR: La Malfa (R)
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Hospitals: Reimbursements
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2008
LAST AMEND: 09/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed
SUMMARY:
Expands a payment reduction for inpatient hospital services, currently available only to acute care hospitals, to all hospitals that receive Medi-Cal reimbursement and that are not under selective contracts with the Department of Health Care Services. Requires the amounts paid for inpatient services to be determined using a prescribed formula. Provides that if hospitals choose to enter into contracts with the Department, the Medical Assistance Commission would be required to negotiate reimbursement rates.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 177
AUTHOR: Migden (D)
COAUTHOR(S): Benoit (R), Horton (R), La Malfa (R), Maze (R), Nakanishi (R), Parra (D), Plescia (R), Runner S (R), Spitzer (R), Gaines (R), Galgiani (D), Blakeslee (R), Jeffries (R), DeVore (R), Emmerson (R), Strickland (R), Villines (R), Lieu (D), Adams (R), Cook (R), DeSaulnier (D), Duvall (R), Maldonado (R), Scott (D)
TITLE: Driver's License: DUI: Ignition Interlock
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2007
LAST AMEND: 04/09/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law that requires a person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle to be suspended or revoked for a specified period of time if the person has been convicted of driving under the influence. Increases the periods of suspensions or revocations and imposing ignition interlock device requirements on a person whose license is suspended or revoked or applies for and receives a restricted driver' s license. Establishes the Ignition Interlock Device Assistance Fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 476
AUTHOR: Hollingsworth (R)
TITLE: Crime
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/26/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Provides that prosecution for voluntary manslaughter, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and vehicular manslaughter that occurred when the driver caused or participated in a collision for the purpose of false or fraudulent claim, for various crimes involving involuntary manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter shall commence within 10 years of the offense.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 1190
AUTHOR: Oropeza (D)
TITLE: Certified Ignition Interlock Devices
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2008
LAST AMEND: 08/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Lowers the minimum blood alcohol percentage at the time of a DUI arrest that allows a court to require the person to install a certified ignition interlock device on any vehicle that the persons owns or operates and prohibits that person from operating a vehicle without such a device. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to undertake a study regarding the overall effectiveness of the use of such devices to reduce recidivism of first time DUI violators.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 1361
AUTHOR: Correa (D)
COAUTHOR(S): Spitzer (R), Torlakson (D)
TITLE: Vehicles: DUI: Ignition Interlock
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to advise a person that he or she may apply for a restricted driver's licence after completion of a portion of the suspension period depending upon certain conditions. Prohibits the restriction on the person's driving privilege, with regard to where and when the person is allowed to drive, from applying where the person submits proof of installation of a certified ignition interlock device and agrees to maintain the device. Provides for related fees.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 1388
AUTHOR: Torlakson (D)
COAUTHOR(S): Correa (D), Maldonado (R), Dutton (R)
TITLE: Vehicles: DUI: Ignition Interlock
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2008
LAST AMEND: 06/26/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Requires a person to immediately install a certified ignition interlock device on all vehicles they own or operate for a certain period when they have been convicted of violating DUI provisions and driving a motor vehicle when their license has been suspended or revoked as a result of a DUI-related conviction. Provides the number of violations will determine the period of time the device will be required. Sets a scheme with which a person will be informed of the installment requirements and related fees.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 1469
AUTHOR: Calderon R (D)
TITLE: Collateral Recovery: Tow Vehicles
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2008
LAST AMEND: 08/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed
SUMMARY:
Makes a tow vehicle used to violate the Collateral Recovery Act subject to removal and impound. Specifies that a licensee may have more than one qualified certificate holder in an office. Requires notice provided to a debtor after collateral recovery to include a disclosure regarding liability of the licensee for certain damages. Relates to taillamp, stoplamp, turn signal, and multisafety chain requirements applicable to towing vehicles. Imposes requirements on law enforcement agencies and impound lots.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 1666
AUTHOR: Calderon R (D)
TITLE: Crime: School Zones
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2008
LAST AMEND: 07/01/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Defines and expands the distance of Safe School Zones. Specifies the term school includes any public or private school. Amends existing law the prohibits certain suspended or dismissed students or employees and certain persons who have been directed to leave a school campus or facility, to apply these provisions to public and private schools. Specifies certain provisions regarding drug offenders who come into areas of a school campus being guilty of a public offense relate to public and private schools.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CA S 1779
AUTHOR: Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee
TITLE: Professions and Vocations
INTRODUCED: 03/13/2008
LAST AMEND: 08/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, professional liability insurance reporting, the Boards of Occupational Therapy, Podiatrics and Behavioral Sciences, the Acupuncture Board, physician and surgeon's training, occupational therapy, nurses, naturopathic medicine, the Respiratory Care Board, Pharmacy Law, veterinarians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, interior designers, dangerous drugs or medical devices wholesalers, fiduciaries, appliance repair dealers and Medi-Cal.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO H 1010
SPONSOR: McFadyen (D)
TITLE: Motor Vehicle Traffic Fines
INTRODUCED: 01/09/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Raises the fines for certain traffic misdemeanors and other traffic infractions including, but not limited to, violations involving abandoning or dumping a motor vehicle, work zones, motorcycles, child restraints, licensure, persons with disabilities, emergency vehicles, young drivers, railroad crossings, and parking; reduces the portion of seat belt violation fines that are kept by a local jurisdiction in certain circumstances; doubles the minimum fine for DUI, DWAI, UDD, and habitual user driving.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO H 1071
SPONSOR: Rose (R)
TITLE: Alcohol Related Driving Offense Notice
INTRODUCED: 01/09/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Postponed Indefinitely
SUMMARY:
Concerns notice on driver's licenses that a person has committed certain alcohol-related driving offenses.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO H 1166
SPONSOR: Judd (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/16/2008
LAST AMEND: 02/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Repeals and reenacts, with amendments, the statute authorizing the Department of Revenue to revoke a person's driver's license due to the presence of alcohol or drugs in the person's system or the person's refusal to take a test to determine whether there is alcohol or drugs in the person's system.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO H 1194
SPONSOR: Judd (D)
TITLE: Drunk Driving Penalties
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/30/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Concerns measures by executive branch agencies to reduce the incidents of drunk driving; provides for extending the length of suspension of driving privileges for certain offenders, requiring certain offenders to use an ignition interlock device, increasing the cost to reinstate a driver's license, and providing for an increase in annual high-visibility drunk driving law enforcement episodes; relates to appropriations for capital construction and expansion of correctional facilities.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO H 1313
SPONSOR: King S (R)
TITLE: Aggravated Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Postponed Indefinitely
SUMMARY:
Concerns creation of the crime of aggravated driving under the influence for persons who have previously been convicted of an alcohol or drug related offense, and making an appropriation in connection therewith.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO H 1377
SPONSOR: King S (R)
TITLE: Felony Eluding Bail
INTRODUCED: 03/24/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Requires bail in a specified amount for a person charged with felony vehicular eluding and driving under the influence arising out of the same occurrence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO HCR 1013
SPONSOR: Gardner (R)
TITLE: Right to Bail
INTRODUCED: 04/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Submits to the registered electors of the state of Colorado an Amendment to Section 19 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Colorado; denies the right to bail if the person has committed a serious felony offense or a serious offense involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs as determined by law and is in this country illegally if the proof is evident to the commission of the serious felony offenses.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO S 31
SPONSOR: Shaffer (D)
TITLE: Criminal Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles
INTRODUCED: 01/09/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Postponed Indefinitely
SUMMARY:
Concerns criminal offenses involving motor vehicles.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO S 76
SPONSOR: Renfroe (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence Bail
INTRODUCED: 01/16/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a court to fix bail for a person charged with certain alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses even if the person is given a summons.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO S 140
SPONSOR: Shaffer (D)
TITLE: Alcohol Drug Tests After Accidents
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Postponed Indefinitely
SUMMARY:
Concerns toxicology tests following serious traffic accidents.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CO S 159
SPONSOR: Tupa (D)
TITLE: Boating Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/31/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Lowers the blood alcohol limit at which a person operating a vessel is deemed to be under the influence from a blood alcohol content of 0.10 to 0.08; extends the scope of the law relating to the operation of a vessel while under the influence of intoxicating substances from motorboats and sailboats to all vessels.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT H 5032
INTRODUCER: Cafero (R)
TITLE: Intoxicated Vessel Operation
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/27/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Concerns operation of a vessel while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug; implements the Governor's budget recommendations.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT H 5043
INTRODUCER: Cafero (R)
TITLE: Teen Drivers
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Provides that no person under a specified age may transport more passengers than the number of safety belts permanently installed in the motor vehicle being operated; provides that operators and passengers must wear safety belts at all times while the vehicle is in operation on any highway; provides for penalties; establishes new criteria for learner's permits and behind the wheel instruction.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT H 5100
INTRODUCER: Klarides (R)
TITLE: Drunk Driving Fines
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Increases the fine for drunk driving; increases the fines for driving under the influence in order to deter drinking and driving.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT H 5101
INTRODUCER: Hovey (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Increases the fines for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both; increases the fines for driving under the influence and thereby help to deter drinking and driving.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT H 5748
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Teenage Drivers
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Concerns teenage drivers; strengthens requirements for the issuance of an operators license for persons under the age of eighteen and to impose public safety restrictions on the operation of a motor vehicle; restricts passengers that teenage drivers may carry while being instructed under a learner's permit; relates to parents and legal guardians; regulates nighttime hours of driving; provides for mandatory license suspensions for certain violations; requires use of seat belts; relates to drunk driving.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT H 5763
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on General Law
TITLE: Wine with Restaurant Meals
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Concerns wine ordered with restaurant meals; allows restaurant owners and employees to stop intoxicated patrons from removing partially consumed bottles of wine from restaurant premises.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 291
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Blood Alcohol Testing
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Joint Committee on Transportation
SUMMARY:
Requires audio-visual recordings of persons being asked to submit to a blood alcohol content (bac) test and of the administration of such test; requires an audio-visual recording of a person being requested to undergo a blood alcohol content test and the performance of such test, and to require that such recording be made available to such person.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 294
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Open Alcoholic Beverage Containers
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Joint Committee on Judiciary
SUMMARY:
Prohibits open alcoholic beverage containers in motor vehicles; prohibits the possession of an open alcoholic beverage container in the passenger area of a motor vehicle while that motor vehicle is on any highway in this state.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 296
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Concerns the offense of driving under the influence and ignition interlock devices; increases the license suspension period for offenders with a first conviction for driving under the influence; to allow said offenders to apply for the installation of an ignition interlock device on their vehicles in lieu of serving the final twelve months of their suspension; to require that offenders with a first conviction for driving under the influence participate in a substance treatment program.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 297
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Concerns the Department of Motor Vehicles and administrative per se procedures and violations; strengthens and clarifies the DUI administrative per se provisions of the Department of Motor Vehicles; provides a person will not operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs or both; provides a person commits such offense when blood alcohol ratios are at a certain level; provides a certain ration for a person operating a commercial motor vehicle; provides for subsequent offenses.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 298
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Department of Motor Vehicles
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/01/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Amends Department of Motor Vehicles provisions regarding camping trailer registration, maintenance vehicles, motorcycles, serious traffic violations, students, emergency vehicles, motor vehicle restricted records and penalties for violations;,antique and unregistered vehicles, public access to the International Registration Plan, additional safety registration fees, vehicle recycler's license, video display units, emissions inspections, electronic verification of vehicle insurance, titles and dealers.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 500
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Highway Work Zone Safety
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/21/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Concerns highway work zone safety; creates a Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council to protect highway workers in work zones and to establish the offenses of endangerment of a highway worker and aggravated endangerment of a highway worker.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 502
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Transportation
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Device
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/27/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Joint Committee on Appropriations
SUMMARY:
Concerns revisions to the driving under the influence and ignition interlock device statutes; makes revisions to the provisions of the general statutes concerning operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and ignition interlock devices for motor vehicles.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 540
INTRODUCER: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
TITLE: Moving Motor Vehicle Violations
INTRODUCED: 02/28/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Doubles the fines for moving motor vehicle violations occurring in emergency response areas; doubles the fine for moving motor vehicle violations that occur in emergency response areas.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

CT S 1700 a
INTRODUCER: Williams (D)
TITLE: Criminal Justice Reform
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to an act concerning criminal justice reform; concerns home invasion; expands the definition; amends provisions relating to parole hearings, burglary with a firearm and criminal justice commissions.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

DE H 20
PRIMARY SPONSOR: Wagner (R)
TITLE: Rules Of The Road
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Executive Committee
SUMMARY:
Bans open containers of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles and provides a civil penalty for an offense that is not entered on a driver's record.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

DE H 398
PRIMARY SPONSOR: Spence (R)
TITLE: Alcoholic Liquor
INTRODUCED: 05/01/2008
LAST AMEND: 06/12/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Ensures that underage persons who attempt to purchase or possess alcohol will have their driving privileges suspended, even if the underage person is granted Probation Before Judgment by the court. This Bill was a recommendation by the Alcohol Awareness Task Force ( (17).
PRIVATE FILE: Master

DE S 292
PRIMARY SPONSOR: Henry (D)
TITLE: Out of Service Orders
INTRODUCED: 06/10/2008
LAST AMEND: 06/17/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Increases minimum disqualification periods and minimum civil fines for commercial driver license holders convicted of violating an out-of-service order for a first and second conviction within a ten-year period; provides that employers convicted of violating an out-of-service order shall be fined a specified amount.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 73
COMPARE: FL H 107, FL H 159, FL H 821, FL S 388, FL S 424, FL S 624
AUTHOR: Brown (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Harrell (R), Hooper (R), Schenck (R), Nehr (R)
TITLE: Illegal Immigration
PREFILED: 08/17/2007
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Prohibits restrictions on reporting of immigration status information by public employees; prohibits local government restrictions concerning immigration law enforcement; requires verification of immigration status of persons confined for DUI or BUI; limits issuance of driver's licenses to US citizens or persons with specified legal immigration status; limits duration of specified licenses or identification cards; provides civil remedy.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 109
COMPARE: FL S 1030
AUTHOR: Porth (D)
COAUTHOR(S): Fields (D), Machek (D), Scionti (D), Brandenburg (D)
TITLE: Highway Safety
PREFILED: 09/07/2007
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to highway safety; creates the Deputy Michael Callin, Michael Haligowski, and Deputy Ryan C. Seguin Memorial Traffic Safety Act; limits the number of times an official having jurisdiction over a traffic infraction may grant a continuance of the hearing; provides for application of certain penalty provisions to a person who does not have a valid driver license or whose license or driving privilege has been disqualified.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 317
IDENTICAL: FL S 804
AUTHOR: Kravitz (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Pickens (R), Davis D (R), Harrell (R), McBurney (R), Homan (R), Scionti (D)
TITLE: Traffic Accidents
PREFILED: 11/30/2007
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to traffic accidents; requires a law enforcement officer who has a reasonable suspicion that a person was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle when it was involved in an accident that may have caused or contributed to the death or serious bodily injury of a human being to require that person to submit to a blood test to determine the alcoholic content thereof or the presence of chemical or controlled substances.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 369
SIMILAR: FL S 456
AUTHOR: House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Simmons (R), Brandenburg (D), Fields (D), Domino (R), Flores (R), Homan (R), Vana (D), Altman (R)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Device Requirements
PREFILED: 12/11/2007
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to ignition interlock device DUI and substance abuse; requires that an ignition interlock device be installed for 6 months for a first conviction when a person has been referred to a substance abuse treatment provider; requires installation of such a device for at least 1 year for a second conviction; reduces the blood alcohol level at which an ignition interlock device will allow a vehicle to start.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 579
IDENTICAL: FL S 1574
AUTHOR: Garcia (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Homan (R), Scionti (D)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
PREFILED: 01/17/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to ignition interlock devices and blood alcohol level; reduces the blood alcohol level from 0.05 to 0.025 at which an ignition interlock device will allow a vehicle to start.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 581
SIMILAR: FL S 2440
AUTHOR: Kreegel (R)
COAUTHOR(S): Homan (R), Sachs (D)
TITLE: Drug Court Programs
PREFILED: 01/17/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to drug court programs and court costs; authorizes counties to fund drug court programs through an additional mandatory court cost; provides for a $6 assessment against persons who plead guilty or no contest to, or are convicted of, certain drug-abuse prevention and control provisions or certain local ordinances or uniform traffic control laws involving alcohol or other substance use or abuse; provides for collection, deposit, and administration.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 831
COMPARE: FL H 5067, FL S 920
AUTHOR: House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Seiler (D), Garcia (R), Ambler (R), Brandenburg (D), Galvano (R), Llorente (R), Planas (R), Richardson (D), Robaina (R), Ford (R), Zapata (R), Coley M (R), Hooper (R), Jenne (D), Patronis (R), Scionti (D), Snyder (R), Thompson N (R)
TITLE: Driver's License Fees
PREFILED: 02/05/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to driver's license fees; increases the nonrefundable service charge paid to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or to the clerk of the court to reinstate a suspended driver's license and privilege to drive; increases the fees for reinstating a suspended or revoked driver's license or commercial motor vehicle license; requires the Department to collect the fees and deposit them into the General Revenue Fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 945
COMPARE: FL S 1424
AUTHOR: Fields (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 02/14/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence; requires placement of ignition interlock device for certain time period on vehicles of person convicted for fourth or subsequent offense of driving under influence if person obtains restricted license or permit; defines term continuous alcohol monitoring; provides for exceptions to prohibition against issuing driver's license or granting driving privileges to person whose license was permanently revoked.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 1111
COMPARE: FL H 277, FL H 387, FL H 1177, FL H 1255, FL H 1329, FL H 1399, FL S 658, FL S 958, FL S 1102, FL S 1604, FL S 1946, FL S 1978, FL S 1992, FL S 2220
AUTHOR: House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Evers (R)
TITLE: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
PREFILED: 02/25/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; revises requirements for approaching railroad crossing, ignition interlock device installation, use of child restraint or safety belt, and traffic citation forms; authorizes arrest upon probable cause of violation of laws governing motor vehicle licenses; authorizes electronic collection of fingerprints; provides for electronic citation data, title information stored electronically.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 1329
COMPARE: FL H 167, FL H 387, FL H 1111, FL H 1399, FL H 5067, FL S 544, FL S 1102, FL S 1604, FL S 1978, FL S 1992, FL S 2220
AUTHOR: House Policy and Budget Council Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Glorioso (R)
TITLE: Infrastructure
PREFILED: 02/29/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/21/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Tabled
SUMMARY:
Relates to infrastructure; repeals provisions relating to review and evaluation of urban infill; relates to airports; revises provisions for local government comprehensive plans; revises requirements relating to railroad crossings and commercial motor vehicles and licensees; increases a transportation related ad valorem tax increment; revises definition of term hazardous materials; relates to affordable housing advisory committees; provides for a transportation revenue study commission.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 1453
AUTHOR: Traviesa (R)
TITLE: Alcoholic Beverage Offenses
PREFILED: 03/04/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to alcoholic beverage offenses; prohibits consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under age 21; provides that first violation by certain persons is civil infraction; provides other penalties; provides for participation in specified programs by violators; requires participation in drug and alcohol education program; requires alcohol and drug evaluation and any necessary treatment; requires community service.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL H 5067
COMPARE: FL H 831, FL H 1329, FL S 920, FL S 1882, FL S 1992, FL S 2220
AUTHOR: House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Cannon (R), Glorioso (R), Aubuchon (R)
TITLE: Funding for State Infrastructure
PREFILED: 03/28/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/28/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/02/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY:
Relates to the DUI Programs Trust Fund fees, motor vehicle inspections, property insurance policy surcharges for emergency management, community development block grant programs, electronic motor vehicle and vessel titles and registration notification, drivers' license fees, hazardous materials commercial drivers' licenses, specialty and prestige license fees, state identification card application, the deposit of fees into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and state motor fuel vendor contracts.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 456
SIMILAR: FL H 369
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Wise (R), Baker (R)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
PREFILED: 10/08/2007
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to ignition interlock devices; requires that an ignition interlock device be installed for 6 months for a first conviction of driving under the influence if the person had an alcohol level of 0.15 or higher but less than 0.20 at the time of the offense. Requires installation of such device for at least 1 year for a second conviction.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 804
IDENTICAL: FL H 317
AUTHOR: Wise (R)
TITLE: Traffic Accidents and Blood Testing
PREFILED: 12/14/2007
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to traffic accidents and blood testing; requires a law enforcement officer who has a reasonable suspicion that a person was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle involved in an accident that may have caused or contributed to the death or serious bodily injury of a human being to require that person to submit to a blood test to determine the alcoholic content or the presence of chemical or controlled substance.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1030
COMPARE: FL H 109
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Baker (R), Gaetz (R)
TITLE: Highway Safety
PREFILED: 01/10/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to highway safety; creates the Deputy Michael Callin, Michael Haligowski, and Deputy Ryan C; seguin Memorial Traffic Safety Act to revise provisions relating to the operation of a motor vehicle without proper personal injury protection security or a driver license or while license or driving privilege is canceled, suspended, revoked, or disqualified. Limits the number of continuances of a hearing to no more than three times.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1424
COMPARE: FL H 945
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Wise (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
PREFILED: 01/28/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving privileges and driving under the influence; requires that a court order the mandatory placement for a specified period, at the convicted person's sole expense, of an ignition interlock device approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles upon all vehicles that are individually or jointly leased or owned and routinely operated by any person convicted for a fourth or subsequent offense of driving under the influence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1574
IDENTICAL: FL H 579
AUTHOR: Rich (D)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
PREFILED: 02/06/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to ignition interlock devices; reduces the blood alcohol level from 0.05 to 0.025 at which an ignition interlock device will allow a vehicle to start.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1790
AUTHOR: Senate Appropriations - Criminal and Civil Justice Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Crist (R)
TITLE: Courts
PREFILED: 02/12/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/01/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to Supreme Court fees, the Offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, court-appointed attorney fees, the Criminal Indigent Defense Trust Fund, clerk of the circuit court charges, civil action filing fees, juror meal and lodging payments, district court judges, juror payments, payment of due process costs, mediation and arbitration funding, driving under the influence penalties, noncriminal traffic infractions, and lien bonds.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1882
COMPARE: FL H 5067
AUTHOR: Senate Appropriations - Transportation and Economic Development Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Fasano (R)
TITLE: Excise Tax Distribution
PREFILED: 02/12/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/01/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to the distribution of excise taxes; revises the provisions relating to the distribution of the excise tax on documents; authorizes the Department of Revenue to retain certain amounts to pay certain costs. Revises the amount of moneys distributed to certain trust funds for certain purposes. Revises the provisions eliminating or reducing the service charge on the local option fuel tax and the amount for the Transportation Trust Fund. Relates to the University Trust Fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1978
COMPARE: FL H 387, FL H 683, FL H 899, FL H 1111, FL H 1175, FL H 1177, FL H 1245, FL H 1329, FL H 1399, FL H 7035, FL S 658, FL S 682, FL S 788, FL S 1102, FL S 1604, FL S 1666, FL S 1688, FL S 1992, FL S 2148
AUTHOR: Senate Appropriations - Transportation and Economic Development Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Baker (R)
TITLE: Department of Transportation
PREFILED: 02/13/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/24/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Department of Transportation; provides for maintenance contracts to be included in the types of claims settled by the State Arbitration Board. Provides for the department or a local governmental entity to pay the costs of removing or relocating a utility that is interfering with the use of a road or rail corridor.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 1992
COMPARE: FL H 137, FL H 249, FL H 277, FL H 387, FL H 1043, FL H 1111, FL H 1329, FL H 1399, FL H 5067, FL S 382, FL S 802, FL S 958, FL S 1102, FL S 1604, FL S 1978, FL S 2220, FL S 2604
AUTHOR: Senate Criminal Justice Committee
COAUTHOR(S): Baker (R)
TITLE: Motor Vehicles
PREFILED: 02/14/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/30/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to use of certain hybrid vehicles in HOV lanes; obeying railroad grade crossing traffic controls, school speed zone violations, driving under the influence interlock devices, commercial vehicle gross weights, traffic citations and infractions, specialty license plates, motor vehicle dealer an franchisee liability insurance, state identification cards, drivers' licensure requirements and fees, commercial driver's licensure, and the creation of the Automobile Lenders Industry task force.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 2168
AUTHOR: Crist (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence Penalties
PREFILED: 02/21/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence penalties; requires a court to order a defendant, after a first conviction for driving under the influence, to participate in not less than 50 hours of community service as a condition of probation.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 2290
COMPARE: FL H 157
IDENTICAL: FL H 155
LINKED: FL S 2288
AUTHOR: Baker (R)
TITLE: Policy Technology Fee
PREFILED: 02/26/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to a police technology fee; requires a specified fee to be imposed in addition to other costs or fees for conviction of controlled substance possession or driving or boating under the influence; requires the additional fee to be deposited in the Police Technology Trust Fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 2440
SIMILAR: FL H 381, FL H 581
AUTHOR: Posey (R)
TITLE: Drug Court Program Costs
PREFILED: 02/28/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to drug court programs/court costs; authorizes counties to provide by ordinance for funding drug court programs through the assessment of an additional mandatory court cost; provides the assessment to be imposed against persons who plead guilty or no contest to, or who are convicted of, certain drug-abuse prevention and control provisions or certain local ordinances or uniform traffic control laws involving alcohol or other substance use or abuse.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 2688
AUTHOR: Aronberg (D)
TITLE: Driving or Boating Under the Influence
PREFILED: 02/29/2008
INTRODUCED: 03/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving or boating under the influence; cites this act as the Barry and Sydney Mazer Act; revises the applicability of sanctions; requires a specified period of imprisonment for a fourth or subsequent conviction of driving or boating under the influence; prohibits substitution of treatment alternatives in certain circumstances; requires records of judgments of guilty to include fingerprints.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

FL S 2722
AUTHOR: Bennett (R)
TITLE: Drivers License Suspension
PREFILED: 03/03/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY:
Relates to driver's license suspension/DUI/right to review; authorizes a person whose driver's license has been suspended by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for driving under the influence to request that the circuit court conduct a judicial hearing, in lieu of an informal administrative review, to determine if the department's decision is supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

GA H 336
AUTHOR: Levitas (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/27/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances; revises the punishment provisions related to driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances; provides that a fourth violation of the crime of driving under the influence within ten years is a felony.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

GA H 910
AUTHOR: Levitas (D)
TITLE: Habitual Violators and Probationary Licenses
PREFILED: 12/13/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Relates to habitual violators and probationary licenses, so as to change provisions relating to notification of habitual violator status; provides a repeal; relates to driver's licenses; relates to a driver improvement clinic and a clinical evaluation related to a enrollment in a substance abuse program; relate to valid prescriptions.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

GA H 1027
AUTHOR: Rice (R)
TITLE: Defensive Driving Courses
INTRODUCED: 01/29/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY:
Provides that courts may order individuals to attend on-line or classroom driver improvement programs that are approved by the Department of Transportation; provides that certificates of completion from unlicensed classroom, Internet, or other driver improvement programs shall not be recognized; prohibits the creation of any Internet, online, or other technology based DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs; provides for approval of driver improvement programs and fees charged by the programs.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

GA S 55
AUTHOR: Unterman (R)
TITLE: Alcoholic Beverages
INTRODUCED: 01/26/2007
LAST AMEND: 02/22/2007
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Signed by Governor
SUMMARY:
Relates to general provisions relative to wine to authorize restaurant patrons to remove for off-premises consumption a resealed partially consumed bottle of wine that was purchased with a meal; relates to provisions of the uniform rules of the road to provide that a resealed partially consumed bottle of wine that was purchased with a meal is not an open alcoholic beverage container for purposes of the prohibition against possessing an open container of alcohol in the passenger area of a motor vehicle.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

GA S 547
AUTHOR: Chance (R)
TITLE: Brain And Spinal Injury Trust Fund
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/05/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; expands the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund provisions under the Constitution of Georgia; authorizes additional penalty assessments; relates to operating any type of boat, vessel, or other watercraft under the influence of alcohol or drugs; reckless driving; operating a motorcycle without protective headgear; or illegally parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

GA SR 1074
AUTHOR: Chance (R)
TITLE: Offenses
INTRODUCED: 03/04/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/27/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for additional penalties or fees for offenses involving illegal parking in parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities, occupying a passenger vehicle without using a safety belt, operating a motorcycle without protective headgear, operating a boat or other watercraft while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and reckless driving.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 96
AUTHOR: Herkes (D)
TITLE: Short Form Bill Government
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2007
LAST AMEND: 02/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Short Form Bill; relates to government.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 2058
AUTHOR: Mizuno (D)
TITLE: Driving Under Influence
PREFILED: 01/11/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/16/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Increases fines for driving after license suspended or denied for noncompliance with an order of support; increases the fine for first time Driving Under Influence offenders; requires the state director of finance to pay fines received from Driving Under Influence offenders to the county in which the offense occurred for use in road design, construction, maintenance, and repair.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 2410
AUTHOR: Green (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes an ignition interlock program that permits court to require use of the system as part of the sentence for driving under the influence of an intoxicant; requires department of transportation to monitor program; appropriates funds; relates to driving under the influence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 2528
AUTHOR: Mizuno (D)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the use of a vehicle ignition interlock device following administrative or criminal revocation or suspension of a driver's license for driving after the consumption of alcohol; relates to ignition interlock devices.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 2638
AUTHOR: Finnegan (R)
TITLE: Public safety
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Increases penalties for certain traffic infractions and driving under the influence; relates to public safety.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 2639
AUTHOR: Finnegan (R)
TITLE: Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes an Ignition Interlock Program.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 3006
AUTHOR: Meyer (R)
TITLE: Vehicle
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Permits the court to order that a vehicle, owned and operated by a person committing the offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant, be impounded at the owner's sole expense and liability for not less than forty eight hours and not more than 30 days. Effective 01/01/09; relates to vehicle.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 3201
COMPANION: HI S 3123
AUTHOR: Say (D)
TITLE: Vehicle Ignition Interlock Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
(Governor's Bill Package) Establishes an ignition interlock program, which directs the courts and the administrative driver's license revocation office to require use of the system as part of the sentence for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as a condition for conditional license permits, and as a condition for being relicensed; relates to vehicle ignition interlock systems.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 3203
COMPANION: HI S 3125
AUTHOR: Say (D)
TITLE: Commercial Drivers License
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
(Governor's Bill Package) Conforms Hawaii to federal law by closing a loophole that allows individuals convicted of driving under the influence to operate a commercial vehicle on a restructured commercial driver's license; relates to commercial drivers license.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 3373
AUTHOR: Mizuno (D)
TITLE: Trauma System Special Fund
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides additional sources of funding for the trauma system special fund by imposing surcharges for driving while intoxicated violations; relates to trauma system special fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 3377
COMPANION: HI S 3234
AUTHOR: Har (D)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/01/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the use of an ignition interlock device for drivers arrested while driving under the influence; requires the use of such a device after arrest, during pendency of the case, and during the revocation period thereafter; revises provisions requiring seizure of a motor vehicle registration and plates and the issuance of conditional license permits; provides for an extended period of probation of drivers using such devices; establishes a task force to study issues related to the use of such devices.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI H 3450
AUTHOR: Ward (R)
TITLE: Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Economic Development and Business Concerns Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes an ignition interlock program; Appropriates funds for subsidization of first breathalyzer purchased by bars; Extends time period for ignition interlock working group; relates to safety ($).
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 2139
AUTHOR: Chun Oakland (D)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the use of a vehicle ignition interlock device following administrative or criminal revocation or suspension of a driver's license for driving after the consumption of alcohol; relates to ignition interlock devices.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 2367
AUTHOR: Gabbard (D)
TITLE: Motor Vehicle Insurance
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection and Affordable Housing Committee
SUMMARY:
Excludes bodily injury coverage for noneconomic damages if the claimant was uninsured, intoxicated, or committing a felony at the time of the accident; relates to motor vehicle insurance.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 2461
AUTHOR: Baker (D)
TITLE: Highway Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Increases penalties and fines for violations under inattention to driving, speeding and driving while intoxicated; relates to highway safety.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 2595
AUTHOR: Taniguchi (D)
TITLE: Trauma System Special Fund
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides additional sources of funding for the trauma system special fund from surcharges paid by those convicted of drunk driving. ; relates to trauma system special fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 2947
AUTHOR: Hemmings (R)
TITLE: Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes an ignition interlock program; relates to safety.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 2948
AUTHOR: Hemmings (R)
TITLE: Public safety
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Increases penalties for certain traffic infractions and driving under the influence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 3123
COMPANION: HI H 3201
AUTHOR: Hanabusa (D)
TITLE: Vehicle Ignition Interlock Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
(Governor's Bill Package) Establishes an ignition interlock program, which directs the courts and the administrative driver's license revocation office to require use of the system as part of the sentence for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as a condition for conditional license permits, and as a condition for being relicensed; relates to vehicle ignition interlock systems.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 3125
COMPANION: HI H 3203
AUTHOR: Hanabusa (D)
TITLE: Commercial Drivers License
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
(Governor's Bill Package) Conforms Hawaii to federal law by closing a loophole that allows individuals convicted of driving under the influence to operate a commercial vehicle on a restructured commercial driver's license; relates to commercial drivers license.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 3234
COMPANION: HI H 3377
AUTHOR: Gabbard (D)
TITLE: Highway Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires installation of ignition interlock device on the vehicle of a person arrested for driving under the influence that prevents the person from starting or operating a motor vehicle with more than a minimal alcohol concentration while their case is pending and while their license is revoked pursuant to chapter 291E, HRS; provides for certification of devices and vendors and funds installation of devices.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

HI S 3261
AUTHOR: Espero (D)
TITLE: Highway Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires installation of ignition interlock device on the vehicle of a person arrested for driving under the influence that prevents the person from starting or operating a motor vehicle with more than a minimal alcohol concentration; Requires the judiciary to procure a single vendor pursuant to chapter 103D, HRS, to provide ignition interlock installation and maintenance services at no cost to State; relates to highway safety.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA H 320
COMPANION: IA H 87
AUTHOR: House Transportation Committee
TITLE: Drivers License
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the revocation of a person's driver's license or nonresident operating privilege for a defendant who has had a previous conviction or revocation.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA H 737
AUTHOR: Olson R (D)
TITLE: License Regulation
INTRODUCED: 03/08/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to license revocations and temporary restricted licenses.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA H 2213
COMPANION: IA S 2162
AUTHOR: House Transportation Committee
TITLE: Motor Vehicle Regulation
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to technical matters concerning the regulation of motor vehicles by the department of transportation; provides an effective date; provides that the bona fide residence of a person with more than one dwelling is the dwelling for which the person claims a homestead tax credit; provides that the department seal may be applied electronically on certified copies of records; relates to license plates for members of the national guard and for veterans.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA H 2337
AUTHOR: Kaufmann (R)
TITLE: Restricted Driver Motor Vehicle Registration Plates
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to restricted driver motor vehicle registration plates to identify persons driving under a temporary restricted driver's license following a second or subsequent revocation for operating while intoxicated, and providing penalties.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA H 2651
SIMILAR: IA S 2374
AUTHOR: House Transportation Committee
TITLE: Highway Funds
INTRODUCED: 03/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/03/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to highway funds, bidding, deposits made by a county to the secondary road fund, physical ability tests required for fire fighter applicants and obligations guaranteed by highway funds, including utility facility relocation; provides for collegiate motor vehicle registration plates, antique vehicle registration fees, vehicle dealer education, fees for oversize or overweight vehicles, speeding in road work zones, drinking driver courses and defeasance of petroleum underground storage tanks.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA HSB 648
AUTHOR: House Transportation Committee
TITLE: Motor Vehicle Regulation
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Relates to the administration of highways and the regulation of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation; relates to the bid threshold for emergency highway repairs, the fee for replacement of special dealer registration plates, disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle, an exemption from the civil penalty imposed for certain drivers license sanctions and overweight permits and fees.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA S 2278
COMPANION: IA H 2239
SIMILAR: IA S 62
AUTHOR: Senate Education Committee
TITLE: Education Boards
INTRODUCED: 03/03/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Relates to the duties and operations of the state board of education, the Department of Education, and local school boards.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA S 2374
SIMILAR: IA H 2651
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
TITLE: Policies for the Administration of Highways
INTRODUCED: 03/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to policies for the administration of highways and the regulation of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation and to deposits made by a county to the Secondary Road Fund; includes matters concerning the bid threshold for emergency highway repairs the fee for replacement of special dealer registration plates antique motor vehicle registration fees used motor vehicle dealer education requirements.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA SR 110
AUTHOR: Bolkcom (D)
TITLE: Beverage Container Study Committee
INTRODUCED: 03/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Rules and Administration Committee
SUMMARY:
Requests that the legislative council create a study committee relating to beverage container laws.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA SSB 3082
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
TITLE: Motor Vehicles
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to technical matters concerning the regulation of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation and providing an effective date.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA SSB 3127
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
TITLE: Administration of Highways Policies
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to policies for the Administration of Highways and the regulation of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation; includes matters concerning the bid threshold for emergency highway repairs, the fee for replacement of special dealer registration plates, disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle, an exemption from the civil penalty imposed for certain drivers license sanctions, and permits and fees for the movement of certain overweight vehicles.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IA SSB 3211
AUTHOR: Senate Judiciary Committee
TITLE: Public Intoxication from a Controlled Substance
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to public intoxication by using or consuming a controlled substance or by inhaling or consuming an inhalant; makes a penalty applicable.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

ID H 602
AUTHOR: House Ways and Means Committee
TITLE: All Terrain Vehicles
INTRODUCED: 03/06/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/12/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law relating to all terrain vehicles, utility type vehicles and motorbikes; removes all terrain vehicles operated on public highways from an annual fee requirement; provides a restricted vehicle license plate fee for operation of certain vehicles; removes an exemption from operating fees for certain vehicles; provides for closure of certain roads to certain vehicles; revises definitions.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 247
SPONSOR: Franks (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Mathias (R), Boland (D), Bradley J (D), Froehlich (D), Jefferson (D), Collins (D), May (D), Chapa-LaVia (D), Holbrook (D), Phelps (D), Reitz (D), Pihos (R), Reboletti (R), Washington (D), Hernandez (D), Flider (D), Verschoore (D), Smith (D), Gordon (D), D'Amico (D), Tryon (R), Jefferies (D), Crespo (D), Millner (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/11/2007
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person convicted a second time of driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds is guilty of a Class 4 felony if, both at the time of the first violation and at the time of the second violation, he or she was transporting a passenger under the age of 16 years.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 592
SPONSOR: Eddy (R)
COSPONSOR(S): Mathias (R), Froehlich (D), Rose (R), Gordon (D), Osmond (R), Righter (R)
TITLE: Saliva Testing
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/21/2007
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a law enforcement officer believes that a motor vehicle that was driven by or under the control of a person under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds has caused the death of or personal injury to another person, the person shall, at the officer's request, submit to testing of his or her saliva. Provides that a driver involved in an accident involving death or personal injury shall be deemed to have given consent to the testing.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 663
SPONSOR: Black (R)
COSPONSOR(S): Kosel (R), Lyons J (D), Beaubien (R), Hoffman (D), Bellock (R), Dunkin (D), Cole (R), Ramey (R), Gordon (D), Tryon (R), Althoff (R)
TITLE: Unlawful Operation of a Motor Vehicle
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/06/2007
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall immediately revoke the driving privileges of any person who has been convicted of unlawful operation of a motor vehicle and caused or contributed to an accident resulting in the death of any person. Changes the location of new language relating revocation of any person who commits any offense against the Vehicle Code, any provision of a local ordinance regulation the movement of traffic that has contributed to the death of any person.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 722
SPONSOR: Dunn (R)
COSPONSOR(S): Franks (D), Crespo (D), Gordon (D), Dugan (D), Chapa-LaVia (D), Black (R), Rose (R), Reboletti (R), Sullivan (R), Dillard (R), Haine (D), Hultgren (R), Silverstein (D), Sandoval (D)
TITLE: Driving with a Revoked Driver's License
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2007
LAST AMEND: 05/15/2007
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code and the Unified Code of Corrections.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 3583
SPONSOR: Dugan (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Holbrook (D), Reitz (D), Smith (D), Verschoore (D), Halvorson (D)
TITLE: School Bus Driver
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2007
LAST AMEND: 03/27/2007
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that, if the employer of a school bus driver reporting to work has a reasonable suspicion that the driver is under the influence of alcohol, the employer may require the driver to submit to testing for alcohol at a licensed testing facility before he or she is allowed to drive a school bus. Provides for cancellation of a bus driver permit.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 4650
SPONSOR: Bradley J (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Flider (D), Chapa-LaVia (D)
TITLE: Leaving the Scene of an Accident
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/06/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who leaves the scene of an accident in which evidence of the person's intoxication or drugged state at the time of leaving the scene is apparent shall be deemed to have refused to submit to the chemical test or tests of blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the content of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof in the person's blood. Provides for no rule making authority.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 4736
SPONSOR: Kosel (R)
COSPONSOR(S): Mulligan (R), Cole (R), Pihos (R), Mendoza (D), Bellock (R), Beaubien (R), Pritchard (R), Stephens (R), Leitch (R), Bassi (R), Fortner (R), Ramey (R), Dillard (R), Althoff (R), Rutherford (R)
TITLE: DUI Memorial Marker
INTRODUCED: 01/31/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that an application for a DUI memorial marker may be submitted by a qualified relative with regard to any crash that occurred on or after January 1, 1990. Provides that the supporting jurisdiction shall have sole responsibility for determining if a request is rejected or accepted. Effective immediately.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 4837
SPONSOR: Kosel (R)
TITLE: Taxi Safety Act
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a taxi driver must be 21 years of age or older, must have a valid driver's license, must have had a valid driver's license for at least 3 years, and must not have been convicted of certain offenses during the immediately preceding 3 year period. Also provides that if he or she, after becoming a taxi driver, is convicted of any of those offenses or ceases to be licensed, he or she must immediately cease operating a taxicab and the prohibition shall continue until specified conditions are met.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 4981
SPONSOR: Mendoza (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Reboletti (R), Dillard (R), Althoff (R)
TITLE: DUI Provisions
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the State Finance Act, the Roadside Memorial Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who is convicted or receives a disposition of court supervision for a violation of certain DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code shall, in addition to any other disposition, penalty, or fine imposed, pay a fee to be deposited into the Roadside Memorial Fund. Limits transfers from the Roadside Memorial Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 5707
SPONSOR: McCarthy (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Froehlich (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Tabled
SUMMARY:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a prosecution for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof involving a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft accident that resulted in the death of another person, when the violation was a proximate cause of the death, may be commenced at any time.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL H 5845
SPONSOR: Moffitt (R)
COSPONSOR(S): Holbrook (D), Black (R), Bost (R), Smith (D), Rose (R), Haine (D)
TITLE: Traffic Violation Penalty
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Fire Investigation Act, the State Vehicle Code, and the Clerks of Courts Act. Adds provisions regarding transfers and allocations among specified funds. Provides that a person convicted of or placed on supervision for a serious traffic violation, driving under the influence, or a similar provision, shall be subject to an additional fee as imposed under a specified Public Act. Adds language regarding the disposition of the fee in the Clerks of Courts Act. Makes other changes.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 572
SPONSOR: Cullerton (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Harmon (D), Silverstein (D), Hunter (D), Martinez (D), Crotty (D), Hamos (D), Ryg (D), Mathias (R), Bassi (R), Golar (D), Davis M (D), Osterman (D), Currie (D), Burke (D), Fritchey (D), Coulson (R), Miller (D), Howard (D), Mendoza (D), Arroyo (D), Soto (D), Yarbrough (D), Berrios (D), Dunkin (D), Graham (D), Nekritz (D), Bradley R (D), Lang (D), Lyons J (D), Feigenholtz (D), Froehlich (D), D'Amico (D), Patterson (D), Acevedo (D), Jefferies (D), Hernandez (D), Harris (D)
TITLE: Regional Transportation
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2007
LAST AMEND: 01/09/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Concurrence
SUMMARY:
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Requires the Authority to adopt a Strategic Plan, a Five-Year Capital Plan, an an Annual Budget and a Two-year Financial Plan. Provides for an Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement Fund, an ADA Paratransit fund and a Suburban Community Mobility Fund. Increases taxes that the Authority is authorized to impose. Provides that the City of Chicago may impose a real estate transfer tax.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 2295
SPONSOR: Cullerton (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Molaro (D)
TITLE: Monitoring Device Driving Permit
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code. Amends fees for the issuance of a monitoring device driving permit or duplicate. Provides that an offender who opts out of having an MDDP issued may, during the drug or alcohol-related summary suspension of driving privileges, petition the court for an order for a MDDP. Provides that the fee paid by the offender when an MDDP is issued shall be deposited into the Monitoring Device Driving Permit Administration Fee Fund. Relates to a conviction for drunk driving involving death.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 2396
SPONSOR: Cullerton (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Froehlich (D)
TITLE: Restricted Driving Permits
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/16/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that a person issued a restricted driving permit may transport children living in the person's household to and from daycare. Includes transportation to a medical facility Provides that a person issued a restricted driving permit conditioned on the use of an ignition interlock device must pay a monthly fee to the Secretary of State DUI Administration Fund. Includes persons required to use such device because of a second or subsequent DUI.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 2476
SPONSOR: Hunter (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Collins (D), Crotty (D), Turner (D), Soto (D), Yarbrough (D), Jefferies (D), Sacia (R), Howard (D), Arroyo (D), Berrios (D)
TITLE: Commission to Study Disproportionate Justice Impact
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/28/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Creates a Commission to Study Disproportionate Justice Impact. Relates to a Racial Impact Note. Requires the Commission to study the nature and extent of the harm caused to minority communities through the practical application of the violation and sentencing provisions of the Vehicle Code, the Criminal Code, the Cannabis Control Act, the Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and the Unified Code of Corrections.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 2494
SPONSOR: Kotowski (D)
COSPONSOR(S): Holmes (D), Murphy (R), Pankau (R), Froehlich (D), Crespo (D), Boland (D), Mathias (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who commits the offense of driving under the influence during a period in which their driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence or a similar provision of the law of another jurisdiction is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Amends provisions regarding reckless homicide.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 2773
SPONSOR: Kotowski (D)
TITLE: Driving Privileges Revoked
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who commits the offense of driving under the influence during a period in which his or her driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence or a similar provision of the law of another jurisdiction is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IL S 2834
SPONSOR: Cullerton (D)
TITLE: Disclosure of Blood and Urinalysis to State Police
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2008
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the results of blood or urine tests performed for the purpose of determining the content of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof, in an individual's blood or urine conducted upon persons receiving medical treatment in a hospital emergency room for injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident shall be disclosed to the Department of State Police.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN H 1068
AUTHOR: Herrell (D)
TITLE: School Vehicle Operators
PREFILED: 01/07/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a driver who is convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a certain alcohol concentration is disqualified for life from transporting school children in a school bus, a special purpose bus, certain vehicles owned by a school corporation; provides that transporting school children when disqualified is a Class C misdemeanor.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN H 1096
AUTHOR: Hoy (D)
TITLE: Hardship Driving License Petition
PREFILED: 01/07/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Allows a petition for a hardship driving license to be filed in the Superior Court of the county in which the petitioner resides unless the petitioner has a specified involvement in an intoxicated driving offense, in which case the petition must be filed in the circuit court or superior court locality in which the offense occurred; relates to the clerk of the supreme court; relates to certain powers of a magistrate involving small claims docket and protective orders to prevent domestic or family violence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN H 1105
AUTHOR: Tincher (D)
TITLE: Fire Department Property Transfer
PREFILED: 01/07/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Relates to the excise police, gaming agent, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; relates to law enforcement powers and police officer training; relates to transfers of property to a fire protection district or the provider unit of a fire protection territory by a governmental body; relates to consolidation of fire departments; relates to emergency responder certification and credentialing requirements and procedures and property tax levy limits.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN H 1173
AUTHOR: Duncan (R)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
INTRODUCED: 01/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a court may grant probationary driving privileges to a person who is convicted of operating a vehicle or motorboat while intoxicated and who does not have a previous conviction or whose previous conviction was at least ten years in the past, but only if the court grants the probationary driving privileges subject to the condition that for six months the person may not operate a motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is equipped with an ignition interlock device.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN H 1318
AUTHOR: Mays (D)
TITLE: Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research
INTRODUCED: 01/15/2008
LAST AMEND: 02/26/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Eliminates the registration fee on motorcycles that is designated for deposit in the spinal cord and brain injury fund; increases court costs for certain traffic offenses and infractions for deposit in the spinal cord and brain injury fund; provides for a fee to be collected for registration of trucks of a certain size, to be deposited in the spinal cord and brain injury fund and increases the law enforcement continuing education program fee.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN H 1377
AUTHOR: Bell (R)
TITLE: Crimes of Violence
INTRODUCED: 01/16/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Ways and Means Committee
SUMMARY:
Adds the crimes of (1) operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury; and (2) criminal recklessness causing serious bodily injury; to the definition of crime of violence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN HR 83
AUTHOR: Hoy (D)
TITLE: Ignition Interlock Devices
INTRODUCED: 03/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
SUMMARY:
Urges the Sentencing Policy Study Committee to discuss ignition interlock devices.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN HR 119
AUTHOR: Pierce (D)
TITLE: Microbrewery Products
INTRODUCED: 03/14/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns a study committee on the sale of microbrewery products.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN LCR 1
AUTHOR: Legislative Council
TITLE: Study Committees
INTRODUCED: 05/22/2008
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Adopted
SUMMARY:
Creates interim study committees.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN S 83
AUTHOR: Wyss (R)
TITLE: Motor Vehicle Violations Report
PREFILED: 12/12/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
LAST AMEND: 02/21/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Requires the prosecuting attorney of each county to transmit to the prosecuting attorneys council an abstract of each motor vehicle offense filed with the prosecuting attorney during the previous calendar year; requires the prosecuting attorneys council to compile the reports transmitted by the prosecuting attorneys into a statewide report and transmit the compiled report to the legislative council; provides that the reporting ends January 1, 2014.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

IN S 90
AUTHOR: Alting (R)
TITLE: Operating While Intoxicated
PREFILED: 12/12/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
LAST AMEND: 01/24/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
SUMMARY:
Specifies that felony resisting law enforcement and operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury are crimes of violence; makes operating while intoxicated causing the death of an unrelated child a Class A felony, and makes operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury to an unrelated child a Class B felony; permits a court to require a license suspension imposed as the result of a conviction for operating while intoxicated.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS H 2412
AUTHOR: Mast (R)
TITLE: Children and Minors
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2007
LAST AMEND: 05/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY:
Concerns children and minors; relates to minors' access to alcohol or cereal malt beverages.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS H 2617
AUTHOR: Joint Interim Special Committee on Judiciary
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Concerns motor vehicles; relates to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; provides that a driver is deemed to have given consent to blood, breath or other bodily substance testing; relates to probable cause for law enforcement to require testing if the driver was involved in an accident resulting in serious injury or death and the driver could be cited for a traffic offense.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS H 2879
AUTHOR: House Select Committee on Corrections Reform and Oversight
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Select Committee on Corrections Reform and Oversight
SUMMARY:
Concerns crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relates to driving under the influence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 214
AUTHOR: Senate Ways and Means Committee
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/29/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Concerns driving under the influence; provides that related city ordinances may grant to a municipal court jurisdiction over a violation of such ordinance which is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the district court over a violation, notwithstanding that the elements of such ordinance violation are the same as the elements of the violation that would constitute, and be punished as, a felony.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 294
AUTHOR: Senate Transportation Committee
TITLE: Drivers Licenses
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2007
LAST AMEND: 02/22/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Relates to motor vehicles; concerns driver's licenses; relates to certain age requirements; provides certain limitations; provides penalties.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 376
AUTHOR: Senate Ways and Means Committee
TITLE: Drivers Licenses
INTRODUCED: 03/06/2007
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns driving; relates to driver's licenses; concerns habitual violators.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 397
AUTHOR: Haley (D)
TITLE: National Guard Armories and Alcohol Consumption
PREFILED: 11/14/2007
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 02/19/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Concerns the consumption of alcohol at National Guard armories.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 409
AUTHOR: Schmidt D (R)
TITLE: Third Felony Conviction
PREFILED: 01/08/2008
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2008
LAST AMEND: 03/18/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; provides for substance abuse treatment for certain offenders; provides for subsequent felonies; provides for procedures.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 470
AUTHOR: Schmidt V (R)
TITLE: School Safety Violations
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2008
LAST AMEND: 04/04/2008
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY:
Concerns school districts; relates to school safety violations as regards weapons and drugs on school property or at school supervised activities.; prohibits issuance or renewal of a teacher's license to a person convicted of child obscenity, rape, solicitation, sodomy, incest, child endangerment and indecent liberties with a child, murder, conspiracy and driving under the influence.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 484
AUTHOR: Senate Judiciary Committee
TITLE: Substance Abuse Treatment
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns crimes and punishment; relates to substance abuse treatment of certain offenders.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 492
AUTHOR: Senate Education Committee
TITLE: Teacher Licenses
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2008
LAST AMEND: 02/26/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Education Committee
SUMMARY:
Concerns teachers; relates to the issuance of teachers' licenses.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 582
AUTHOR: Senate Ways and Means Committee
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Select Committee on Corrections Reform and Oversight
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; concerns certain penalties.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 611
AUTHOR: Journey (R)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence; concerns penalties.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KS S 640
AUTHOR: Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
TITLE: Drug Crimes
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to crimes, criminal procedure and punishments; concerns drug crimes; concerns recodification of certain statutes.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KY H 25
BR: 97
SPONSOR: DeCesare (R)
SPONSOR(S): Embry (R), Crimm (R), Harmon (R), Wuchner (R), Floyd (R)
TITLE: Martin Mitchell Act
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a controlled substance in the urine or blood; creates a rebuttable presumption; reduces the alcohol concentration from 0.18 to 0.15 for an aggravating circumstance; deletes statutory right of DUI suspects to make telephonic communication with an attorney upon arrest; lowers the alcohol percentage from 0.18 to 0.15 for increased penalties; names the Act the Martin Mitchell Act.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KY H 28
BR: 165
SPONSOR: Henley (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence; relates to blood testing for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration or presence of a substance which may impair one's driving ability, to require that tests are performed using accepted medical practices; adds paramedics to those authorized to perform tests.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KY H 30
BR: 169
SPONSOR: Richards (D)
SPONSOR(S): Lee J (D), Belcher (D), Thompson T (D), Tilley (D), Bell (D)
TITLE: Driving Under the Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence; establishes a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a controlled substance in the urine or blood; creates a rebuttable presumption; reduces the alcohol concentration for an aggravating circumstance; deletes the statutory right of DUI suspects to make telephonic communication with an attorney upon arrest; lowers the alcohol percentage as specified.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KY H 264
BR: 1033
SPONSOR: Dedman (D)
SPONSOR(S): Riner (D)
TITLE: Driving Under The Influence
INTRODUCED: 01/10/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to driving under the influence; amends sections of KRS Chapter 189A; extends the look back provision from five to ten years.
PRIVATE FILE: Master

KY H 513
BR: 1727
SPONSOR: Stein (D)
TITLE: Crimes and Punishments
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2008
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the classification of misdemeanor offenses of the Penal Code to specify that an offense that has a maxim