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Panel hears evidence and opposition to lowering per-se DUI limit to 0.05; no committee vote recorded

2112213 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

A proposed substitute to Senate Bill 5067 would lower the per-se DUI threshold from 0.08 to 0.05 and require a statewide public-information campaign; the Law & Justice Committee heard extensive testimony for and against the change but recorded no vote.

A proposed substitute to Senate Bill 5067 would lower Washington’s per-se blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving under the influence from 0.08 to 0.05. Staff counsel Joe McKittrick briefed the committee on the substitute, which also requires a public information campaign by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission and an evaluation by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy during the first three years of implementation.

Senator John Lovick, the bill’s prime sponsor, framed the measure as a…

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