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Senate committee advances bill creating new felony levels for reckless driving
Summary
A Senate Transportation committee advanced Senate Bill 27 99 to create intermediate felony charges for reckless driving that causes injury, after prosecutors and lawmakers said current law forces under- or overcharging.
The Senate Committee on Transportation advanced Senate Bill 27 99 on a bipartisan voice vote after sponsors and prosecutors said the measure closes a gap in the Penal Code that leaves prosecutors with only a low-level misdemeanor or a second-degree felony aggravated-assault charge when reckless driving causes injury.
Senator Charles Creighton, the bill sponsor, told the committee that “there is no class A or B misdemeanor, no state jail felony, and no third degree felony charges in between, which causes an undercharging or overcharging dilemma.” He said the bill would add a state-jail felony…
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