Maryland House Bill 1459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-06 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any other rules of the road provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act may be fined up to $2,000 and must appear in court and may not prepay the fine; establishing additional penalties of participation in a motor vehicle safety course and up to 150 hours of community service; etc.

Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties

Del. Michael Malone [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-06	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
2020-03-04	House	Hearing canceled
2020-03-02	House	Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-26	House	Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
2020-02-26	House	Hearing canceled
2020-02-10	House	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-07	House	First Reading Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Transportation	11	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Transportation	11	145	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Transportation	21	901.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1459?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1459f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb1459_jud.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb1459_ent.pdf