SB89 - Alabama 2014 Session

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Driving or operating a vehicle under the influence, defined to include vessels, criminal negligent homicide or assault in the first degree amended to include vessels, Secs. 13A-6-4, 13A-6-20 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a person commits criminally negligent homicide if the person causes the death of another person by criminal negligence

Criminally negligent homicide is a Class C felony if the homicide is caused by the driver of a motor vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in violation of Section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama 1975

Also, under Section 32-5A-191.3, Code of Alabama 1975, a person is guilty of operating a vessel and certain other marine devices under the influence of alcohol or drugs if the person operates the vessel or devices under conditions in which the person would be guilty of driving a motor vehicle under the influence. Also, under the Alabama Criminal Code, a "vehicle" is generally defined in subdivision (15) of Section 13A-1-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to include any propelled devices including any vessel

This bill would provide that a person commits criminally negligent homicide if the criminally negligent homicide is caused by the operator of any vehicle while unlawfully driving or operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs

Under existing law, a person commits assault in the first degree if the person causes serious bodily injury to another person with a motor vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in violation of Section 32-5A-191

This bill would provide that a person would commit assault in the first degree if the person causes serious physical injury to another person while driving or operating any vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

To amend Sections 13A-6-4 and 13A-6-20 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the offense of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the first degree, respectively, and providing when the offenses are committed by persons unlawfully driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs; to provide that the offense may be committed by a person while driving or operating any vehicle while unlawfully under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
April 3, 2014	H	Assigned Act No. 2014-427.
April 3, 2014	H	Signature Requested
April 3, 2014	S	Enrolled
April 3, 2014	H	Concurred in Second House Amendment
April 3, 2014	S	Taylor motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1266
April 3, 2014	S	Concurrence Requested
April 3, 2014	H	Gaston intended to vote Yea
April 3, 2014	H	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1134
April 3, 2014	H	Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1133
April 3, 2014	H	Judiciary Amendment Offered
April 3, 2014	H	Third Reading Passed
March 4, 2014	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
January 30, 2014	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
January 30, 2014	S	Engrossed
January 30, 2014	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 220
January 30, 2014	S	Taylor motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 219
January 30, 2014	S	Taylor Amendment Offered
January 30, 2014	S	Third Reading Passed
January 15, 2014	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
January 14, 2014	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary