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House Judiciary committee advances bill to make third DUI a felony
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a committee substitute for House Bill 220, which would reclassify a third driving-under-the-influence conviction as a felony and apply provisions now reserved for fourth-or-greater offenses to third-or-greater offenses.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a committee substitute for House Bill 220, which would reclassify a third driving-under-the-influence (DUI) conviction as a felony and apply provisions now reserved for fourth-or-greater offenses to third-or-greater offenses.
Representative Rebecca Raymer, who presented the bill, said the substitute extends enhanced penalties to under-21 DUIs with escalating fines and mirrors interlock requirements already applied to drivers 21 and older. She told the committee the measure “makes the DUI a felony on your third offense.”
Commonwealth’s Attorney Blake Chambers, appearing virtually, told the committee he has prosecuted thousands of cases and urged passage. He described the 2016 death of Brianna Bratcher, a 17-year-old from Muhlenberg…
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