House2023-24 sessionFiscal note

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)

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, 2023
    86 yea · 11 nay · 1 not voting
  • House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 14, 2023
    96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 12, 2023
    49 yea · 0 nay

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