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HB0136 • 2005

DUI penalty for causing serious bodily injury.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing a specified penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony for causing serious bodily injury while driving under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or controlled substance; and providing for an effective date.

Crime
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Hinckley
Last action
2005-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2005-02-10 Senate

    S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoW

  2. 2005-02-10 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  3. 2005-02-01 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  4. 2005-02-01 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  5. 2005-02-01 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2005-01-31 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2005-01-28 House

    H Passed CoW

  8. 2005-01-26 House

    H Placed on General File

  9. 2005-01-26 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  10. 2005-01-14 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  11. 2005-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  12. 2005-01-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2005
STATE OF WYOMING
05LSO-0032

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0136

DUI penalty for causing serious bodily injury.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Hinckley, Berger, Illoway, Meuli and Warren and Senator(s) Ross

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing a specified penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony for causing serious bodily injury while driving under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or controlled substance; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 31
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5
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233(h)(i) is amended to read:

31
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233.

Driving or having control of vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substances; penalties.

(h)

As used in this subsection, "serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a reasonable likelihood of death or which causes miscarriage or serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of any bodily member or organ. Whoever causes serious bodily injury to another person resulting from the violation of this section shall be punished upon conviction as follows:

(i)

If not subject to the penalty under paragraph (ii) of this subsection, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not less than
six (6) months
one (1) year
nor more than
one (1) year
five (5) years
, or both;

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2005.

(END)

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