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Bill would authorize saliva (oral‑fluid) screening at roadside; law enforcement calls it a screening tool, not evidentiary
Summary
Representative Steve Kelly introduced House Bill 4 67 to allow oral‑fluid (saliva) screening tests as a preliminary tool for officers investigating impairment; supporters said the devices give officers an additional data point for probable cause while critics raised concerns about accuracy and environmental/ingestion effects.
Representative Steve Kelly introduced House Bill 4 67, a narrowly framed measure to allow saliva (oral‑fluid) screening devices for preliminary testing in DUI/drug investigations. Kelly said the change responds to requests from local law enforcement and would restore statutory language that previously existed in Montana law.
Captain Doug Samuelson testified as an informational witness that oral‑fluid devices have been used in limited pilot periods and…
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