Virginia House Bill 2327 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

DUI; implied consent; refusal of blood or breath tests. Eliminates the criminal penalties for refusing to submit to a blood test to determine the alcohol or drug content of a defendant's blood upon arrest for a DUI-related offense under the law on implied consent. The bill also increases to a Class 1 misdemeanor the criminal penalty for refusing to submit to a breath test under the law on implied consent for an offense committed within 10 years of a prior offense of refusal or of another DUI-related offense. The bill also extends to blood tests performed by the Department of Forensic Science pursuant to a search warrant the rebuttable presumption that a person is intoxicated based on the person's blood alcohol level demonstrated by such tests. The bill also provides that an application for a search warrant to perform a blood test on a person suspected of committing a DUI-related offense shall be given priority over other matters pending before the judge or magistrate. Finally, the bill establishes a rebuttable presumption applicable in a civil case for punitive damages for injuries caused by an intoxicated driver that a person who has consumed alcohol knew or should have known that his ability to drive was or would be impaired by such consumption. This bill is in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S. Ct. 2160 (2016). The bill contains an emergency clause.

Driving under influence of alcohol; implied consent, refusal of blood or breath tests.

Del. Christopher Collins [R]

Del. David Albo [R]

2017-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (96-Y 1-N) (Y: 96 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)
2017-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 623 (effective 3/16/17)
2017-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
2017-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2327ER)
2017-02-24	House	Enrolled
2017-02-21	House	VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-21	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105455D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2327S1
2017-02-20	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 17105455D-S1
2017-02-20	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2017-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	Senate	Committee substitute printed 17105455D-S1
2017-02-15	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-02-07	House	VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (96-Y 1-N)
2017-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N)
2017-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2327H1
2017-02-06	House	Emergency clause added
2017-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17105153D-H1
2017-02-06	House	Read second time
2017-02-04	House	Read first time
2017-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 17105153D-H1
2017-02-03	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2017-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-13	House	Presented and ordered printed 17100553D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1627	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	309	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	268.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	268.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	268.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	268.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	268.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	269	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	272	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	52	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	73	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	511	(n/a)	See Bill Text
29	1	738.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
29	1	738.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	2099.49	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	301.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.26:10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.26:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.26:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.26:4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.26:9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.27	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	391	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	391.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	391.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	44.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2327
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2327+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2327H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2327S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2327ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0623+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0801V0106+HB2327
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0146+HB2327
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2103+HB2327
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0308+HB2327
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0670HB2327+HB2327
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0706HB2327+HB2327
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2622+HB2327