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Senate committee advances mandatory-minimum DUI-vehicular manslaughter bill to the floor
Summary
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1099 to the Senate floor with a "do pass" recommendation. The bill would require judges to issue a warning after a first DUI conviction and impose graduated mandatory minimum prison terms if a subsequent DUI results in vehicular manslaughter.
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1099 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after public testimony and extended questioning by committee members.
Senator Craig Burnt (R–District 21) introduced the bill as a mandatory-minimum measure aimed at increasing accountability for drivers convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) who later cause a death. "When someone is sentenced for their first DUI conviction ... the judge will now have to issue a warning stating that future DUI convictions along with vehicular manslaughter conviction may, or will result in a mandatory minimum of 5 to 10 years depending on how many DUIs they have on the record," Burnt said in committee.
The bill would require a judicial warning after a…
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