AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases the penalty for anyone found guilty of reckless driving while eluding police to a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and subject to a loss of license from 1 to 2 years and a possible forfeiture of their motor vehicle.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2018
Last action Apr 26, 2018
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Apr 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Introduced
03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lou Raptakis
DDemocratic
P
MA
Marc A. Cote
DDemocratic
P
Thomas Paolino
RRepublican
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