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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 732

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SENTENCING OF DRUNKEN DRIVERS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Transportation Committee on May 6, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle for a specified time period by a person convicted for the first time of drunken driving unless the motor vehicle is equipped with an ignition interlock device and to give judges the discretion in certain cases to sentence a person convicted of drunken driving to house arrest and monitoring by a global positioning system device and an alcohol consumption device rather than sending such person to prison.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Martin M. Looney

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Mary G. Fritz

    Its course

    January 27 to May 6, 2009, 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 action13 actions on 9 days

    In the SenateJan 27 to May 6 · stopped99 days

    Judiciary CommitteeJan 27 to Apr 366 days

    Transportation CommitteeMay 6 to May 6 · stopped0 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 Jan 27 – May 6

    1. Jan 27Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 9Drafted as a bill by Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 10Sent to Judiciary Committee
    4. Mar 12Heard in Judiciary Committee
    5. Apr 3Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. May 6Sent to Transportation Committee
    All 13 actions, as published
    1. Jan 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 9Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 9DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 10REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 12PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Apr 3Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    7. Apr 3FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 14REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 21RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 21FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Apr 21SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Apr 21FILE NO.Both houses
    13. May 6REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate