HB 1112: Imposing criminal penalties for negligent driving involving the death of a vulnerable user victim.
Signed into law: Chapter 471, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Harris
- Introduced
- January 9, 2023
- Status
- C 471 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 1/1/2025. (May 16, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Establishes the new offense of Negligent Driving with a Vulnerable User Victim in the first degree, which a person commits if the person operates a vehicle in a manner that is negligent and endangers or is likely to endanger any person or property, and proximately causes the death of a vulnerable user of a public way.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 8, 202386 yea · 11 nay · 1 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 14, 202396 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 12, 202349 yea · 0 nay
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