Virginia House Bill 1157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Driving while intoxicated; subsequent offenses; penalty. Provides that a person who commits a third offense of driving while intoxicated within a 20-year period is guilty of a Class 6 felony and the punishment for a person who commits a fourth or subsequent offense within such period must include a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. Under current law, the relevant time period for applying enhanced penalties for subsequent offenses is 10 years.

Driving under influence of alcohol; subsequent offenses, penalty.

Del. Richard Bell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-01-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-13	House	Presented and ordered printed 16103697D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	270	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB1157
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1157+hil