Virginia House Bill 1622 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 3 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Driving commercial vehicle while intoxicated; penalties. Harmonizes the penalties for driving under the influence (DUI) and commercial DUI. The bill imposes a $250 mandatory minimum fine for a first offense of commercial DUI and mandatory minimum sentences of five days if the person's blood alcohol level was at least 0.15 and 10 days if the person's blood alcohol level was more than 0.20. The bill increases from five to 20 days the mandatory minimum sentence for a second offense committed within five years, adds a 10-day mandatory minimum sentence for a second offense committed within five to 10 years, and imposes a $500 mandatory minimum fine for any second offense committed within a 10-year period. The bill also imposes additional mandatory minimum sentences for a second offense committed within 10 years of 10 days if the person's blood alcohol level was at least 0.15 and 20 days if the person's blood alcohol level was more than 0.20 as well as an additional $500 mandatory minimum fine. The bill raises the penalty for a third offense committed within 10 years from a Class 1 misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 days, or 30 days if the three offenses were committed within five years, to a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days, or six months if the three offenses were committed within five years, and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. The bill adds a penalty for a fourth or subsequent offense committed within a 10-year period that includes a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. The bill also provides that a person convicted of commercial DUI after being convicted of certain felony DUI or DUI-related offenses is guilty of a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. The bill also provides that the punishment for any person convicted of commercial DUI who was transporting a minor at the time of the offense shall include an additional mandatory minimum sentence of five days and an additional fine of at least $500 and no more than $1,000. Finally, the bill provides that the mandatory minimum punishments are cumulative and mandatory minimum sentences must be served consecutively.

Commercial vehicles; harmonizes penalties for driving under the influence (DUI) and commercial DUI.

Del. Christopher Collins [R]

2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)
2017-03-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 286 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1622ER)
2017-02-20	House	Enrolled
2017-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2017-02-08	Senate	Rereferred from Transportation (8-Y 0-N)
2017-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2017-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-02-02	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
2017-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2017-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1622H1
2017-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17104830D-H1
2017-02-01	House	Read second time
2017-01-31	House	Read first time
2017-01-27	House	Committee substitute printed 17104830D-H1
2017-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2017-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-04	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102325D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	341.28	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1622
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1622+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1622H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1622ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0286+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0801V0042+HB1622
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0075+HB1622
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1809+HB1622
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S11V0079+HB1622
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0271+HB1622
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0527HB1622+HB1622
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0549HB1622+HB1622