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Senate amends impaired-driving law to close CDL 'masking' loophole and clarify blood-draw rules
Summary
The Vermont Senate on May 16, 2025, supported committee amendments to H.44 to address 'masking' of commercial driver convictions, add a warrant-based evidentiary blood-sample provision, and create a task force to study implied consent and processing for DUI investigations.
The Vermont Senate on May 16, 2025, moved to propose to the House committee-recommended amendments to H.44, a bill with multiple changes to impaired-driving statutes intended to close reporting loopholes affecting commercial driver license (CDL) holders and to update procedures for warrant-based blood draws.
Senate Judiciary Committee reporter Senator Joe Norris (Senator from Franklin District) said the strike-all amendment includes technical corrections, ensures the Department of Motor Vehicles receives adjudication and probable-cause affidavits, prevents "masking" of CDL convictions in compliance with federal rules, and adds a provision governing evidentiary blood samples obtained by warrant while guarding against unintended…
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