Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0299
Legislation Overview
Title: Alcohol or Drug Impairment
Description: Provides that person commits offenses of driving or boating while impaired if driver satisfies specified criteria relating to consumption of alcohol or controlled substances; provides that person commits offense of driving while impaired if person has in blood or urine certain controlled substances in specified circumstances; provides that person is entitled to affirmative defense to offense of driving while impaired if, under certain circumstances, person charged with offense introduced controlled substance into his or her body pursuant to prescription; provides that use of nonprescribed substance does not constitute affirmative defense; provides that legal use alcohol, controlled substances, etc. does not constitute defense against charge of driving while impaired; provides that person commits offense of use of firearm while impaired if person uses firearm & satisfies specified criteria relating to consumption of alcohol or controlled substances; revises amount of alcohol concentration that gives rise to presumption of impairment for purposes of offense.
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 2, 2014
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Rouson, Darryl Ervin;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 2, 2014 | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Mar 4, 2014 | Introduced |
| House | Dec 13, 2013 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
| House | Nov 7, 2013 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 7, 2013 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
