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Family testimony prompts renewed push to increase penalties for repeat unlicensed driving

2474435 · March 3, 2025
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Summary

Senate File 1374 would impose enhanced penalties for people who repeatedly drive after license revocation or suspension where serious injury results; the committee heard victim testimony and laid the bill over for further review.

Senate File 1374, presented by Senator Mark Limmer, seeks to increase penalties for certain unlicensed driving offenses when they cause serious injury or recur repeatedly.

Sue Vanek testified that her daughter and grandchild were hit head‑on in January 2015 by an unlicensed driver; Vanek said her daughter remains in a persistent vegetative…

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