Maryland Senate Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-31 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Providing that a person who causes personal injury or wrongful death while operating or attempting to operate a motor vehicle, and who has a 0.15 or more alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath or who refuses to submit to a chemical test for alcohol concentration, is liable for punitive damages under specified circumstances; limiting liability for punitive damages under the Act solely to the person operating or attempting to operate the motor vehicle; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Aggressive Drunk Driving - Punitive Damages

Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Ulysses Currie [D]	Sen. James DeGrange [D]
Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]
Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]
Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]

2016-02-19 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (43-1) (Y: 43 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-31	House	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-22	House	First Reading Judiciary
2016-02-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-1)
2016-02-17	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-02-17	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Reilly) {163822/1 Withdrawn
2016-02-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {918076/1 Report Adopted
2016-02-16	Senate	Laid Over (Senator Reilly) Adopted
2016-02-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {918076/1
2016-02-15	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2016-02-09	Senate	Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-22	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0302?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0302f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0302t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0302_91807601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0302_16382201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/sb0302.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0302_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0302,s-0268&stab=02&ys=2016RS