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Committee hears 'Melanie's Law' to stiffen penalties for intoxicated drivers who injure or kill
Summary
House Bill 87 would raise felony classifications for intoxicated drivers whose conduct causes injury or death, expand ineligibility for early release in some cases, and was presented alongside a family victim's testimony.
Representative Dave Griffith presented House Bill 87, which the sponsor described as "Melanie's Law," a package of changes that would increase penalties for people who drive while intoxicated and cause injury or death.
Griffith said the bill raises the felony class for several categories of intoxicated‑driving offenses: conduct that causes physical injury while intoxicated would move from a class E to a class D felony; intoxicated conduct that causes serious injury would move from class D to class C; and intoxicated conduct that causes death would increase in penalty class (the sponsor described multiple escalations). Griffith said the bill…
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