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2003 Regular Session

House Bill 6698

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, DRUNKEN DRIVING AND THE LICENSING OF SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS.

Became law as Public Act 03-265, signed July 9, 2003, 103 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To authorize a court to order the installation of an ignition interlock device in the motor vehicle of a repeat drunk driver as part of such person's sentence and in the motor vehicle of an arrested drunk driver as a condition of such person's release on bail or entry into a pretrial program, require a police officer to request an operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in serious physical injury or death who is suspected of drunken driving to submit to breath or blood tests and subject such operator to a three-year license suspension under the administrative license suspension procedure, require the forfeiture of the motor vehicle that a person was operating if such person is convicted of drunken driving while under suspension for a prior drunken driving incident, require hospitals to turn over medical records of operators involved in accidents resulting in serious physical injury or death upon the request of a police officer, and provide that the suspension of a driver's license of a person convicted of drunken driving commences once any period of incarceration has ended.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

10 co-sponsors

John H. Frey, Richard F. Ferrari, Steven T. Mikutel, David A. Scribner, Lawrence G. Miller, Themis Klarides, Bob Peters, Pamela Z. Sawyer, Robert Farr, John A. Harkins

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Louis C. DeLuca

    Its course

    March 28 to July 9, 2003, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action31 actions on 14 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 28 to Jun 468 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 28 to Apr 1619 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 6 to May 126 days

    In the SenateJun 4 to Jun 40 days

    Waiting to be sentJun 4 to Jun 2319 days

    With the GovernorJun 23 to Jul 916 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 4

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 4

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 4

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 4

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 4

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Mar 28 – Jun 4

    1. Mar 28Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 31Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Apr 16Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 6Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. May 12Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. Jun 4The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    7. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment B
    8. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment C
    9. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment D
    10. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment E
    11. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendments A, B, C, D and E

    In the Senate Jun 4

    1. Jun 4Sent to the Senate
    2. The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendments A, B, C, D and E
    3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendments A, B, C, D and E

    To the Governor Jun 19 – Jul 9

    1. Jun 19Numbered Public Act 03-265
    2. Jun 23Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Jul 9Signed by the Governor
    All 31 actions, as published
    1. Mar 28REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 31PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Apr 16Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Apr 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 24REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 30FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 6REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. May 12Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    12. May 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 15REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    14. May 21RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    15. May 21NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    16. May 21TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    17. May 21FILE NO.Both houses
    18. Jun 4HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    19. Jun 4HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    20. Jun 4HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    21. Jun 4HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    22. Jun 4HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    23. Jun 4HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    24. Jun 4TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULES.Both houses
    25. Jun 4FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    26. Jun 4SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    27. Jun 4SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    28. Jun 4SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    29. Jun 19PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    30. Jun 23TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    31. Jul 9SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor