Bill Summary

HB 961 Operating Vehicles and Vessels Under the Influence (2024 Session)
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Sponsors
by Anderson
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Summary
Operating Vehicles and Vessels Under the Influence: Revises conditions under which person commits offense of DUI or BUI; provides affirmative defense; revises penalties for offenses of DUI & BUI manslaughter; revises condition that must be met before person arrested for DUI or BUI may be released from custody; authorizes law enforcement witness to give certain testimony; revises conditions that constitute conviction; requires clerk of court to notify FDLE when such conditions have been met; requires FDLE to maintain records thereof; creates rebuttable presumptions; provides additional grounds for issuance of search warrant; revises conditions under which 1 year of probation may be ordered for misdemeanor offenses. Effective Date: July 1, 2024
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committees of reference
» H Criminal Justice Subcommittee
   H Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
   H Judiciary Committee
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Actions
12/20/23
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Filed
01/05/24
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Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
01/05/24
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Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
03/08/24
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Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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bill text & filed amendments
0961
Filed on 12/20/23
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
212.05
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322.01
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627.749
655.96
921.0022
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948.15
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