HB 317 (2008) -  Blood Testing of Persons Involved in a Traffic Accident Causing Serious Injury or Death

General Bill by Kravitz (CO-SPONSORS) Davis, D.; Harrell; Homan; McBurney; Pickens; Scionti
Blood Testing of Persons Involved in a Traffic Accident Causing Serious Injury or Death: Requires law enforcement officer who has reasonable suspicion that person was driving or in actual physical control of motor vehicle involved in accident that may have caused or contributed to death or serious bodily injury of human being to require that person to submit to test of person's blood to determine alcoholic content thereof or presence of specified substances; authorizes law enforcement officer to use reasonable force if necessary; requires that blood test be performed in reasonable manner; provides that test need not be incidental to lawful arrest of person; provides grounds for admissibility at trial.
Effective Date: July 1, 2008
Last Event: Died in Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council on Friday, May 2, 2008 6:02 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 804 Subject: Traffic Accidents/Blood Testing [EPCC] Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Committee on Infrastructure 2/26/2008 9:33:05 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Committee on Infrastructure 2/26/2008 9:33:48 AM --UnPublished--
Chamber: House Committee: Committee on Infrastructure 2/19/2008 4:23:28 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Time: 05/02/2008 - 6:02 PM Member: Committee: Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/04/2008 - 10:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Time: 02/25/2008 - 5:27 PM Member: Committee: Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Committee on Infrastructure Time: 02/25/2008 - 5:27 PM Member: Committee: Committee on Infrastructure Version: __
Event: H Favorable with amendment(s) by Committee on Infrastructure Time: 02/21/2008 - 3:30 PM Member: Committee: Committee on Infrastructure Version: __
Event: H Added to Committee on Infrastructure agenda Time: 02/14/2008 - 3:15 PM Member: Committee: Committee on Infrastructure Version: __
Event: H Now in Committee on Infrastructure Time: 01/03/2008 - 12:30 PM Member: Committee: Committee on Infrastructure Version: __
Event: H Referred to Committee on Infrastructure by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Time: 01/03/2008 - 12:30 PM Member: Committee: Committee on Infrastructure Version: __
Event: H Now in Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Time: 12/12/2007 - 5:04 PM Member: Committee: Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Policy & Budget Council Time: 12/12/2007 - 5:04 PM Member: Committee: Policy & Budget Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Time: 12/12/2007 - 5:04 PM Member: Committee: Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 11/30/2007 - 10:25 AM Member: Kravitz Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
316.066 CS/CS/HB 1399
316.1933 CS/CS/HB 1399
316.1934 HB 7023
322.2616 CS/CS/HB 1399
322.27 HB 193, CS/HB 351