Judiciary advisers favor keeping interlock option, limit 0.02 rule to alcohol and require data reporting beginning July 1, 2026

Good afternoon. Willa Farrell, attorney general's office, court division of pretrial services, told the Judiciary Committee she recommends limiting the proposed 0.02 impairment expansion to alcohol for now and retaining ignition interlock as an option for older youth while the panel develops data and reporting requirements.

The committee is considering draft 1.2 of legislation that would add a 0.02 impaired-driving-related diversion pathway for youth. Farrell told the committee the Attorney General's Office can work with the Crime Research Group (CRG) to produce outcome measures and that the committee should collect aggregate data on referrals, completions, failures and suspensions. The panel agreed that reporting should begin July 1, 2026, and that the first statutorily required report should include recommendations for outcome measures from the Attorney General's Office in consultation with CRG.

Farrell said she heard testimony about growing impairment concerns but that the committee is not yet equipped to measure non‑alcohol drug impairment in driving. "I listened to…