Bill > S880

This bill, known as Katie's Law, aims to update the legal definition of leaving the scene of an accident by amending Section 24 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Specifically, it proposes to add language that states if a person involved in a collision fails to make a reasonable investigation, which includes safely stopping to determine if a collision has occurred, it will create a "rebuttable presumption" that the defendant knowingly left the scene. A rebuttable presumption means that the law will assume this to be true unless the defendant can provide evidence to disprove it. This change is intended to strengthen the consequences for drivers who do not properly ascertain the outcome of a collision before departing.