CT SB01054 | 2019 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on March 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Public Hearing 03/29
Pending: Joint Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To (1) establish the offenses of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting a cannabis-type substance while operating a motor vehicle and smoking a cannabis-type substance as a passenger in a motor vehicle as class C misdemeanors, (2) provide immunity to certain persons withdrawing blood for a blood alcohol test, (3) provide that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may suspend driving privileges of and require the use of an ignition interlock device by a surviving operator of a motor vehicle who has an elevated blood alcohol content based on a blood, breath or urine sample of such operator involved in an accident resulting in the serious physical injury or death of a person, and (4) clarify and improve the effectiveness of the statutes prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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Title

An Act Concerning Driving While Intoxicated.

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-25SenatePublic Hearing 03/29
2019-03-08SenateReferred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

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