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Senate panel backs longer ignition-interlock terms for repeat DWI offenders after St. Louis Park crash
Summary
The Senate Rules Committee recommended passage of Senate File 2068, a late-filed bill that would lengthen ignition-interlock requirements for repeat drunken-driving offenders, extend the DWI look-back period for interlock purposes and add related statutory clarifications following a fatal crash in St. Louis Park.
Senate File 2068, a late-filed proposal expanding ignition-interlock requirements for repeat DWI offenders, was recommended to pass by the Minnesota Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on April 30, 2025.
Senator Latz, the bill author, told the committee the measure arose after a drunk driver with multiple prior offenses drove through an outdoor patio at the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, killing two people and injuring nine. "The driver had valid driving privileges because, despite all of his priors, he had successfully completed the ignition interlock program before," Senator Latz said, and that fact prompted a review of how the interlock program is applied for…
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