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AG office and advocates back H.105 to expand youth substance‑safety diversion and add 0.02 impaired‑driving referrals to program
Summary
Witnesses and staff described H.105 as a technical rewrite to treat certain under‑21 alcohol possession and low‑BAC driving incidents as civil violations and funnel eligible youth into the Youth Substance Awareness/Safety (YSAS) diversion program, with reporting and outcome‑measure requirements for the Attorney General’s Office.
Willa Farrell, diversion and pretrial services director at the Attorney General’s Office, and Ben Hogarotsky of the Office of Legislative Council described H.105 to the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 1 and said the bill would align responses to under‑21 alcohol possession and low‑BAC driving (0.02 or less) by clarifying the statutory process and referring eligible youth to the Youth Substance Awareness/Safety (YSAS) diversion program.
Farrell said the change would convert delinquency petitions tied to under‑21 alcohol possession into civil violations under the judicial bureau and allow law enforcement to refer eligible youth directly into YSAS, shortening delay and creating a more consistent statewide…
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