Virginia House Bill 680 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

DUI; exemplary damages. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death arising from the operation of a motor vehicle, engine, or train, a defendant's conduct will be deemed both so willful and wanton as to show a conscious disregard for the rights of others, thus entitling the plaintiff to an award of exemplary damages, if the defendant's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was or exceeded 0.15 at the time of the incident or at the time the blood test was performed. Currently, only the defendant's BAC at the time of the incident is considered.

Driving under influence of alcohol; award of exemplary damages.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2012-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 5-N) (Y: 4 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2012-01-23		House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 5-N)
2012-01-17		House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100804D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	44.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB680
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB680+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0802V0045+HB0680