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FL H1029

Bill

Status

Failed

4/30/2010

Primary Sponsor

Kevin Ambler

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new felony of the second degree for failing to stop and remain at a crash scene involving serious bodily injury, defined as an injury creating substantial risk of death, serious disfigurement, or protracted loss of bodily function, with a mandatory minimum 7-year prison sentence.

  • Increases the mandatory minimum prison sentence from 2 to 12 years for drivers under the influence who fail to stop at a fatal crash scene, and establishes a 10-year mandatory minimum for all drivers failing to stop at fatal crashes.

  • Adds a 3-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for drivers failing to stop at crashes resulting in injury, and requires courts to order victim restitution in all hit-and-run injury cases.

  • Mandates driver's license revocation for a minimum of 3 years for violations of the crash scene requirements, with the court determining the revocation period; requires offenders to participate in victim impact panel sessions where available.

  • Updates the Criminal Punishment Code severity ranking chart to classify the serious bodily injury hit-and-run offense as a Level 6 felony (second degree) and the fatal hit-and-run offense as a Level 7 felony (first degree).

Legislative Description

Motor Vehicle Crashes

Last Action

Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC)

4/30/2010

Committee Referrals

Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations3/24/2010
Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy2/25/2010

Full Bill Text

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