Bill > H1605

This bill, concerning felony motor vehicle homicide penalties, proposes to amend Section 24G of Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Specifically, it removes a provision that allowed for imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not less than one year nor more than two and one-half years, along with a fine of up to five thousand dollars, as a penalty for this offense. The bill then replaces the minimum jail time of "one" year with "two and one-half" years in two separate instances within the same section, effectively increasing the minimum mandatory jail sentence for felony motor vehicle homicide.