CS/HB 183 - Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act

• Redefines "serious bodily injury" and creates "vulnerable road user" definition to include pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and persons using skateboards, wheelchairs, or farm equipment on roadways

• Upgrades leaving the scene of crash involving serious bodily injury from a third-degree to second-degree felony; leaving scene of fatal crash remains first-degree felony with mandatory 4-year minimum sentence

• Requires 3-year minimum driver license revocation for all hit-and-run convictions and mandates completion of victim impact panel or approved driver improvement course addressing vulnerable road user rights before license reinstatement

• Elevates offense severity rankings one level above standard for crashes involving vulnerable road users to enhance penalties during sentencing and gain-time calculations

• Takes effect July 1, 2014