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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 296

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 3, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To increase the license suspension period for offenders with a first conviction for driving under the influence from one year to eighteen months; 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 prior to installing an ignition interlock device; and to change the period where ignition interlock devices are required for those who are granted a reinstatement of their license after a third or subsequent conviction for driving under the influence from the period remaining until ten years has passed from the time of revocation to a fixed period of four years from the time of reinstatement.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

7 co-sponsors

Andrea L. Stillman, Donald J. DeFronzo, Judith G. Freedman, Leonard A. Fasano, Dan Debicella, Edith G. Prague, Gayle S. Slossberg

In the House of Representatives

    21 co-sponsors

    Tom Reynolds, Themis Klarides, John H. Frey, Beth Bye, Michael P. Lawlor, Elizabeth A. Boukus, Jeffrey J. Berger, Diana S. Urban, Henry J. Genga, Joseph S. Mioli, Kim Fawcett, Steven T. Mikutel, Lawrence G. Miller, Toni Boucher, DebraLee Hovey, Lile R. Gibbons, Penny Bacchiochi, Peter F. Villano, Mary M. Mushinsky, Frank N. Nicastro Sr., Stephen D. Dargan

    Its course

    February 20 to April 3, 2008, 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 action10 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateFeb 20 to Apr 3 · stopped43 days

    Transportation CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 514 days

    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 Senate Feb 20 – Mar 5

    1. Feb 20Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
    2. Feb 21Heard in Transportation Committee
    3. Mar 5Transportation Committee recommended it
    All 10 actions, as published
    1. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    4. Mar 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
    5. Mar 14REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 20RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 20FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 20SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 20FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 3MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATESenate