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Senate hearing on automatic license suspension for criminal vehicular cases highlights family stories; bill laid over
Summary
Senate File 1373 would expand automatic license suspensions to all criminal vehicular homicide and operation cases based on a peace officer’s probable‑cause certification; families of victims urged change and the committee laid the bill over for further consideration.
Senate File 1373, sponsored by Senator Mark Limmer, would broaden existing procedures that allow the Commissioner of Public Safety to suspend driving privileges based on a peace officer’s certification of probable cause in certain vehicular crimes.
Limmer told the Judiciary Committee the bill would close what he called a loophole that allowed drivers who had caused severe harm to remain on the road while a case proceeded. "We would close…
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