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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 97

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Relating to: mandatory period of confinement for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Court Crime and criminals — Felony Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Drunken driving Sentences and penalties

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a person who is convicted of homicide by intoxicated use of a

vehicle must be sentenced to a period of confinement in prison of at least five years.

Under the bill, if the decedent was a passenger in the person's car, a court may

sentence the person to a period of confinement that is less than the minimum if the

court finds that the best interests of the community will be served and that the public

will not be harmed. If the court sentences a person to a period of confinement that

is less than the minimum, the bill requires the court to put its findings in writing.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Jacque (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Ott (R) , Ripp (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Tittl (R) , Zepnick (D)

9 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Hansen (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Subeck (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Apr 11, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ott, Zepnick, Kremer, Ripp, Skowronski, Sanfelippo, Novak, Berceau, Jacque, Spiros, Tusler, Murphy, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Tittl, E. Brooks and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Marklein, Carpenter, Nass, Hansen, Olsen and Craig

  2. Feb 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Mar 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Tusler withdrawn as a coauthor

  9. Mar 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Mar 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  11. Apr 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kessler

  12. Apr 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. Apr 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  14. Apr 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

  16. Oct 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  17. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  18. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor