Refusal of tests; restricted license.
Summary
Refusal of tests; restricted license. Allows a person convicted of a first offense of unreasonable refusal to have samples of his breath or blood taken for chemical tests to determine the alcohol content of his blood to petition the court 30 days after conviction for a restricted driver's license. The court may, for good cause shown, grant such restricted license for the same purposes as allowed for restricted licenses granted after conviction of driving under the influence if the person installs an ignition interlock system on each motor vehicle owned by or registered to the person and enters into and successfully completes an alcohol safety action program. The bill provides that such restricted license shall not permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Nov 19, 2019
Signed Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Mar 12, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (56-Y 41-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 12-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB34E
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100533D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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