Maryland Senate Bill 312 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-10 - Delegates Sydnor, Dumais, and Malone
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 specified alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath or who refuses to submit to a specified test for alcohol concentration is liable for punitive damages under specified circumstances; requiring a party who seeks to recover punitive damages under the Act to plead specified facts with particularity; providing for a standard of proof of clear and convincing evidence for a claim of punitive damages; etc.

Drunk and Drugged Driving - Subsequent Offenders and Punitive Damages (Repeat Drunk Driving Offenders Act of 2017)

Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Gail Bates [R]	Sen. James Brochin [D]	Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]
Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]	Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]
Sen. Jim Mathias [D]	Sen. Wayne Norman [R]	Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]
Sen. Andrew Serafini [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]

2017-04-02 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (139-0) (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-17 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-1) (Y: 46 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-10	House	Delegates Sydnor, Dumais, and Malone
2017-04-10	House	Conference Committee Appointed
2017-04-10	House	House Refuses to Recede
2017-04-10	Senate	Senators Zirkin, Smith, and Norman
2017-04-10	Senate	Conference Committee Appointed
2017-04-10	Senate	Senate Requests House Recede
2017-04-10	Senate	Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
2017-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
2017-04-08	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-04-08	House	Favorable with Amendments {522219/1 Report Adopted
2017-04-08	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2017-03-28	House	Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-03-17	House	First Reading Judiciary
2017-03-17	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-1)
2017-03-16	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
2017-03-15	Senate	Motion Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
2017-03-15	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2017-03-15	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {478978/1
2017-03-15	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2017-02-07	Senate	Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-20	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0312?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0312f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0312t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0312_47897801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0312_52221901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0002/sb0312.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0312_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0312_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0312,s-0649&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0312,h-1426&stab=02&ys=2017RS