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Committee allows restricted licenses with ignition interlocks for some convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide
Summary
Lawmakers voted to advance Senate File 71 to allow people convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle to be eligible for restricted licenses with ignition interlock devices after serving the statutory period of revocation; the change addresses a statutory cliff tied to blood-alcohol thresholds.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate File 71, which would allow people convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle to be issued a restricted driver's license with an ignition interlock after completing the statutory period of revocation.
Sponsor Senator Brennan said the bill resolves a statutory inconsistency that treats a blood-alcohol reading of 0.14 and 0.15 differently for restoration of driving privileges. He described the change as a way to permit an ignition-interlock restricted license after the revocation period even when the conviction involved a higher blood-alcohol content that under current text would make…
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