Virginia Senate Bill 730 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-17 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Driving while texting; manslaughter; maiming; penalties. Provides that a person who as a result of driving while in violation of §46.2-1078.1, which prohibits the use of handheld devices in certain vehicles, unintentionally causes the death of another person is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, or aggravated involuntary manslaughter if the defendant's conduct was so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life. The bill establishes the penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter as one to 20 years' imprisonment with a mandatory minimum of one year imprisonment. The bill creates a Class 6 felony if the driving while in violation of §46.2-1078.1 is so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life and results in the unintentional serious bodily injury of another resulting in permanent and significant physical impairment. The bill also adds the new crimes as crimes eligible for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Driving while texting; involuntary manslaughter, maiming, etc., of another, penalties.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-17	Senate	Left in Finance
2016-02-01	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2016-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16105021D-S1
2016-02-01	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
2016-01-22	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-22	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16103315D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	36.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	51.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	368.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB730
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB730+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB730S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0161+SB0730