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Subcommittee carries over S.192 after witnesses raise concerns over reduced penalties and evidence procedures
Summary
S.192, proposing changes to evidence-collection liability, ignition-interlock rules and penalties for DUI/BUI, was carried over for further drafting after testimony from victims' advocates, prosecutors and defense attorneys urged careful, targeted changes.
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried over S.192 for further work after testimony highlighted conflicts over penalties and the bill’s approach to evidence collection.
S.192 would revise procedures for collecting intoxication evidence, alter civil and criminal liability for negligent or reckless testing, clarify ignition-interlock provisions and change penalty timelines for certain DUI and boating-under-the-influence offenses, witnesses said.
Randall Smith, chairman of Boating Safety South Carolina, testified in…
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