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Committee debates 80-hour community service proposal for DUI-2, sunsets and data needs; lawmakers split on study vs. sunset
Summary
Members discussed replacing a 200-hour or jail-based sanction with an 80-hour community-service option for DUI-2 cases, whether to include a 2- or 3-year sunset, and the availability of sentencing data to evaluate effects; some members favored a sunset to force review, others preferred a directed data collection and a later review.
Legislators at the Judiciary Committee hearing discussed changes to sentencing for DUI-2 offenses included in S.109: replacing or supplementing incarceration with a community-service option (an 80-hour minimum was cited) and whether to include a time-limited sunset and reporting requirement to evaluate results.
Nut Graf: Committee members said the 80-hour figure resembles Oregon’s model and debated whether a two-year sunset…
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